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title: Why does the Rat call Toad «of all the trying animals»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Rat call Toad «of all the trying animals»? Test 7 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

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Why does the Rat call Toad «of all the trying animals»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** call, try · **To what, where:** Toad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t7:1
# text = Why does the Rat call Toad «of all the trying animals»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	12	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	trying	try	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the Rat |  | Toad |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient |
| 2 | **try** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Toad is a silly and greedy animal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t7:o1:1
# text = Toad is a silly and greedy animal
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Toad | a silly animal |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toad never listens to anyone's advice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t7:o2:1
# text = Toad never listens to anyone's advice
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	listens	listen	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **listen** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | to anyone's advice | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to advice=Theme |

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

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Toad keeps rushing off, ignoring advice, and wrecking things

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t7:o3:1
# text = Toad keeps rushing off, ignoring advice, and wrecking things
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ignoring	ignore	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
7	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wrecking	wreck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rush off** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ignore** | gerund | Toad *not said here* | advice |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme |
| 4 | **wreck** | gerund | Toad *not said here* | things |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toad always cooks dinner badly and makes the house dirty for his friends to clean

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t7:o4:1
# text = Toad always cooks dinner badly and makes the house dirty for his friends to clean
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	cooks	cook	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	clean	clean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cook** | present | Toad | dinner |  |  |  | always, badly *property* | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent dinner=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | present | Toad *not said here* | the house |  |  |  | for Toad's friends; dirty *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent house=Product for friend=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **clean** | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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