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title: ★★★ «In half an hour's time he'll be quite a different animal.» What… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 18 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

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★★★ «In half an hour's time he'll be quite a different animal.» What kind of «different» does the Rat mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, kind · **What happens:** be, mean · **To what, where:** different animal

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This is test 18 · ★★★ of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» 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/67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home/#t18).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «In half an hour's time he'll be quite a different animal.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t18:1
# text = ★★★ «In half an hour's time he'll be quite a different animal.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	In	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
14	quite	quite	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	17	det:predet	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | ★ | quite different animal |  |  | time |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What kind of «different» does the Rat mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t18:2
# text = What kind of «different» does the Rat mean?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | what kind |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Fatter and more cheerful after his supper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t18:o1:1
# text = Fatter and more cheerful after his supper
1	Fatter	fat	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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In a better mood, not a different kind of creature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t18:o2:1
# text = In a better mood, not a different kind of creature
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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In a better mood, not a different kind of creature, because he is only hungry and cross at present

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t18:o3:1
# text = In a better mood, not a different kind of creature, because he is only hungry and cross at present
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	mood	mood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  | present |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Calmer and kinder once he has had his full supper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:67-willows-ch11-part3-badger-and-mole-come-home:t18:o4:1
# text = Calmer and kinder once he has had his full supper
1	Calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	conj	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present · perfect | he | his full supper |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient |

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