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title: ★★★ Toad's song uses «showed», «knowed», «flowed», «road», «sewed».… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Toad's song uses «showed», «knowed», «flowed», «road», «sewed». Which word do they all rhyme with? Test 16 · ★★★ 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 s
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# Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

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★★★ Toad's song uses «showed», «knowed», «flowed», «road», «sewed». Which word do they all rhyme with?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, Toad, they · **What happens:** use, show, knowe, flow, sew, sing · **To what, where:** road, word · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ Toad's song uses «showed», «knowed», «flowed», «road», «sewed».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Toad's song uses «showed», «knowed», «flowed», «road», «sewed».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	knowed	knowe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	flowed	flow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	sewed	sew	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | ★ ★ ★ Toad's song |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **show** *in a quote* | past | ★ ★ ★ Toad's song *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **knowe** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **flow** *in a quote* | past |  | road |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **sew** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **sing** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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:* Which word do they all rhyme with?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t16:2
# text = Which word do they all rhyme with?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rhyme** | present · do-support | they | which word *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t16:o1:1
# text = Toad
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The words all rhyme with «road» and «Toad» together, which was a clever trick

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t16:o2:1
# text = The words all rhyme with «road» and «Toad» together, which was a clever trick
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	together	together	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rhyme** | present | the words |  |  |  |  | with road and Toad and a clever trick | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with road=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Toad and a clever trick | a clever trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t16:o3:1
# text = Bow
1	Bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nothing; they do not rhyme, and Toad made up the words to sound grand

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t16:o4:1
# text = Nothing; they do not rhyme, and Toad made up the words to sound grand
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	rhyme	rhyme	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
16	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **rhyme** | present · do-support | they | the words |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |
| 2 | **make up** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sound** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | grand *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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