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title: Arlo, «I dinnae ken» (I don't know): «what's wrong with 'learn 'em'… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Arlo, «I dinnae ken» (I don't know): «what's wrong with 'learn 'em' anyway?» Best answer? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 sc
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

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Arlo, «I dinnae ken» (I don't know): «what's wrong with 'learn 'em' anyway?» Best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, dinnae ken · **What happens:** not know, be, learn · **To what, where:** 'em · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Arlo, «I dinnae ken» (I don't know): «what's wrong with 'learn 'em' anyway?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t7:1
# text = Arlo, «I dinnae ken» (I don't know): «what's wrong with 'learn 'em' anyway?»
1	Arlo	Arlo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	dinnae	dinnae	X	FW	_	6	compound	_	_
6	ken	ken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	parataxis	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	csubj	_	_
22	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
24	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | dinnae ken |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | 'em *= they* |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |

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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:* Best answer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t7:2
# text = Best answer?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It is correct

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t7:o1:1
# text = It is correct
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Badger is always right about words

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t7:o2:1
# text = Badger is always right about words
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Badger |  |  |  |  | about words; always, right *property* | tree rules |

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

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Standard English says «teach 'em»; «learn 'em» is dialect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t7:o3:1
# text = Standard English says «teach 'em»; «learn 'em» is dialect
1	Standard	Standard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
6	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
11	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Standard |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | 'em *= they* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 3 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | 'em *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | dialect |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is just a joke; nobody says it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t7:o4:1
# text = It is just a joke; nobody says it
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | nobody | joke |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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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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