--- title: ★★★ Toad promised: «I will be humble and submissive». Which word in… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ Toad promised: «I will be humble and submissive». Which word in his promise means «obedient»? Test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» of the books course of Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/t18/) [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 XI, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer… ★★★ Toad promised: «I will be humble and submissive». Which word in his promise means «obedient»? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, word · **What happens:** promise, be, mean · **To what, where:** obedient · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/#t18). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ Toad promised: «I will be humble and submissive». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t18:1 # text = ★★★ Toad promised: «I will be humble and submissive». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 submissive submissive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | ★ ★ ★ Toad | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | ★ ★ ★ Toad *= ★* | | | | | humble *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** *in a quote* | | ★ ★ ★ Toad *= ★* *not said here* | | | | | | 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:* Which word in his promise means «obedient»? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t18:2 # text = Which word in his promise means «obedient»? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 obedient obedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | which word in word's promise | obedient | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent obedient=Topic | | 2 | **promise** | | word | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Submissive, humble and obedient to the Rat's advice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t18:o1:1 # text = Submissive, humble and obedient to the Rat's advice 1 Submissive Submissive PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 amod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 obedient obedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Submissive ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t18:o2:1 # text = Submissive 1 Submissive Submissive PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Dutiful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t18:o3:1 # text = Dutiful 1 Dutiful dutiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Promise, submission and meekness in the Rat's presence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t18:o4:1 # text = Promise, submission and meekness in the Rat's presence 1 Promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 submission submission NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 meekness meekness NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` 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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