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title: Leo, salty (annoyed): «the barge-woman was evil-minded, Toad said so… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

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Leo, salty (annoyed): «the barge-woman was evil-minded, Toad said so.» Is Toad a fair judge?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** barge woman, Toad · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** fair judge · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo, salty (annoyed): «the barge-woman was evil-minded, Toad said so.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t4:1
# text = Leo, salty (annoyed): «the barge-woman was evil-minded, Toad said so.»
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	salty	salty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	list	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	minded	minded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
20	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the barge woman |  |  |  |  | minded *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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:* Is Toad a fair judge?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t4:2
# text = Is Toad a fair judge?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	judge	judge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a fair judge |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, she was an evil woman, but Toad was only sensible in saying so, as her manner showed from the start

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, she was an evil woman, but Toad was only sensible in saying so, as her manner showed from the start
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	evil	evil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | she | a evil woman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **show** | past | Toad's manner |  |  | the start |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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No: she was kind until he lied, boasted and insulted her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t4:o2:1
# text = No: she was kind until he lied, boasted and insulted her
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	boasted	boast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	insulted	insult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **insult** | past | he *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because Toad was the one who had been kind to her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t4:o3:1
# text = Yes, because Toad was the one who had been kind to her
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
11	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Toad | the one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past · perfect | the one |  | Toad |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because she was kind, but Toad lied to her, boasted about himself, and then insulted her cruelly as she stood there

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t4:o4:1
# text = No, because she was kind, but Toad lied to her, boasted about himself, and then insulted her cruelly as she stood there
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	boasted	boast	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
15	about	about	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	insulted	insult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	cruelly	cruelly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	obj	_	_
23	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
24	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
26	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	25	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | she |  |  |  |  | kind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | past | Toad |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **boast** *speech: other* | past | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about Toad | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about himself=Topic |
| 4 | **insult** | past | she *not said here* | her cruelly |  |  | then |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cruelly=Experiencer |
| 5 | **stand** | past | she |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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