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title: «Ingenious Mr. Toad!» Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Ingenious Mr. Toad!» Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious? Test 6 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

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«Ingenious Mr. Toad!» Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** steer · **To what, where:** car

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Ingenious Mr. Toad!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t6:1
# text = «Ingenious Mr. Toad!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ingenious	Ingenious	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t6:2
# text = Is steering a car into a pond really ingenious?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux	_	_
2	steering	steer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	really	really	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	ingenious	ingenious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steer** | present · progressive |  | a car |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No — it is just reckless; Toad turns his bad luck into boasting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t6:o1:1
# text = No — it is just reckless; Toad turns his bad luck into boasting
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	reckless	reckless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	boasting	boasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | reckless *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **turn** | present | Toad | Toad's bad luck |  | boasting |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent luck=Theme into boasting=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, but he should be praised for his bravery and his courage in facing the men and the policemen so cheerfully

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t6:o2:1
# text = No, but he should be praised for his bravery and his courage in facing the men and the policemen so cheerfully
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	praised	praise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bravery	bravery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	policemen	policeman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	cheerfully	cheerfully	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | should · passive |  | he |  |  |  | for his bravery and his courage | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for bravery=Attribute |
| 2 | **face** | gerund |  |  | the men and the policemen |  |  | cheerfully *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme man=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, it shows real skill, because steering a car into a pond on purpose requires a steady hand and quick thinking

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t6:o3:1
# text = Yes, it shows real skill, because steering a car into a pond on purpose requires a steady hand and quick thinking
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
9	steering	steer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	17	csubj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | it | real skill |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient |
| 2 | **steer** | gerund |  | a car |  | a pond |  | on purpose | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent car=Theme into pond=Destination |
| 3 | **require** | present | steering | a steady hand and quick thinking |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hand=Precondition |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes — he showed great skill in steering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes — he showed great skill in steering
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	steering	steering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | he | great skill |  |  |  | in steering | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent skill=Patient in steering=Topic |

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