--- title: Why is it funny that Toad «knows every inch» of Toad Hall? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it funny that Toad «knows every inch» of Toad Hall? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/t2/) [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/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer… Why is it funny that Toad «knows every inch» of Toad Hall? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, Toad · **What happens:** be, know · **To what, where:** inch This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» 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/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t2:1 # text = Why is it funny that Toad «knows every inch» of Toad Hall? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 funny funny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 inch inch NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | funny *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **know** *in a quote* | present | Toad | every inch of Toad Hall | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer inch=Stimulus | 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} The passage was hidden from him all along ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t2:o1:1 # text = The passage was hidden from him all along 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 along along ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past · passive | | the passage | | | | from him *= he*; along *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from he=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A whole tunnel under it was hidden from him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t2:o2:1 # text = A whole tunnel under it was hidden from him 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 hidden hide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past · passive | | a whole tunnel under it | | | | from him *= he* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient from he=Beneficiary | ### Option 3 {#o3} He never looked in the cellars at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t2:o3:1 # text = He never looked in the cellars at all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cellars cellar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **look** | past | He | | | | | at all; in the cellars | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cellar=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He never went down there ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t2:o4:1 # text = He never went down there 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go down** | past | He | | | there | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | **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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