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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger made Toad promise to give up motor-cars. What did Toad say afterwards?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Badger, Toad · **What happens:** look back, make, promise, give up, say · **To what, where:** Toad, motor cars · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger made Toad promise to give up motor-cars.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger made Toad promise to give up motor-cars.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	promise	promise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Badger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | past | Badger | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | infinitive | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **give up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | motor cars |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Source |

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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:* What did Toad say afterwards?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t12:2
# text = What did Toad say afterwards?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Toad |  |  |  |  | afterwards *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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That he would give up motor-cars forever, and that he would walk everywhere, always, for the rest of his life

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t12:o1:1
# text = That he would give up motor-cars forever, and that he would walk everywhere, always, for the rest of his life
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
16	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | would | That | motor cars |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Source |
| 2 | **walk** | would | he |  |  |  |  | always, everywhere *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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That the very first motor-car he saw, «poop-poop! off I go in it!»

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t12:o2:1
# text = That the very first motor-car he saw, «poop-poop! off I go in it!»
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
5	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
16	off	off	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | That | poop poop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  | car |  | off *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in it=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he would never touch a car again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t12:o3:1
# text = That he would never touch a car again
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | would | That | a car |  |  | again |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme car=Co-Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That he meant what he had said, and would certainly keep his promise to Badger for the rest of his life

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t12:o4:1
# text = That he meant what he had said, and would certainly keep his promise to Badger for the rest of his life
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 3 | **keep** | would | That *not said here* | his promise | Badger |  |  | for the rest of Badger's life; certainly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
| 4 | **promise** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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