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description: ★★★ «A speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob.» Why does the car seem to grow? Test 15 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

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★★★ «A speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob.» Why does the car seem to grow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** speck, car · **What happens:** turn, seem, grow · **To what, where:** dot

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This is test 15 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/#t15).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «A speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t15:1
# text = ★★★ «A speck that turned into a dot and then into a blob.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	speck	speck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dot	dot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	blob	blob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** *in a quote* | past | a speck |  |  | a dot |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into dot=Trajectory |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Why does the car seem to grow?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t15:2
# text = Why does the car seem to grow?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	grow	grow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present · do-support | the car |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **grow** | to-infinitive | the car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is a motor growing in size

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t15:o1:1
# text = It is a motor growing in size
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a motor |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | gerund | a motor *not said here* |  |  | size |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in size=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The road bends and lets it show more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t15:o2:1
# text = The road bends and lets it show more
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bends	bend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** | present | the road |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | present | the road *not said here* | road |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **show** | infinitive | road *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent more=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It is driving closer, so it looks bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t15:o3:1
# text = It is driving closer, so it looks bigger
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | present | it |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t15:o4:1
# text = It is bigger
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |

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