--- title: ★★★ The policemen were «about two fields off». If each field were 20… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The policemen were «about two fields off». If each field were 200 steps across, about how many steps behind Toad were they? Test 15 · ★★★ 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 cour --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad… ★★★ The policemen were «about two fields off». If each field were 200 steps across, about how many steps behind Toad were they? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** policemen, field, fields · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** 200 steps This is test 15 · ★★★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The policemen were «about two fields off». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t15:1 # text = ★★★ The policemen were «about two fields off». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 policemen policeman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 about about ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 11 off off ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the policemen | | | | | ★ two fields | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* If each field were 200 steps across, about how many steps behind Toad were they? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t15:2 # text = If each field were 200 steps across, about how many steps behind Toad were they? 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 200 200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 across across ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 13 behind behind ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | each field | 200 steps and many steps behind Toad | | | | across *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past | fields *= field* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} 600 ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t15:o1:1 # text = 600 1 600 600 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} 40 ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t15:o2:1 # text = 40 1 40 40 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} 400 ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t15:o3:1 # text = 400 1 400 400 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} 2 ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t15:o4:1 # text = 2 1 2 2 NUM LS NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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