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title: What is the sentries' plan meant to do? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the sentries' plan meant to do? Test 3 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

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What is the sentries' plan meant to do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** plan, sentries · **What happens:** be, mean, do, plan

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t3:1
# text = What is the sentries' plan meant to do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | past | the sentries's plan |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the sentries's plan *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **plan** |  | the sentries |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep anyone from getting back into Toad Hall while the Wild Wooders are there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t3:o1:1
# text = Keep anyone from getting back into Toad Hall while the Wild Wooders are there
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Wooders	Wooder	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	4	xcomp	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
| 2 | **get back** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | Toad Hall |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination |
| 3 | **is** | present | anyone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Keep Toad from leaving the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t3:o2:1
# text = Keep Toad from leaving the house
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | you *not said here* | the house |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep anyone from getting back into Toad Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t3:o3:1
# text = Keep anyone from getting back into Toad Hall
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | anyone |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
| 2 | **get back** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | Toad Hall |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Keep the Wild Wooders out of the river and bring back Toad safely by boat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t3:o4:1
# text = Keep the Wild Wooders out of the river and bring back Toad safely by boat
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Wooders	Wooder	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the Wild Wooders |  | the river |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent wooder=Theme out river=Location |
| 2 | **bring back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | Toad |  |  | by boat; safely *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument toad=Destination |

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