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title: Ava, chuffed (pleased): «the weasels put up a massive long fight, ho… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ava, chuffed (pleased): «the weasels put up a massive long fight, hours and hours.» Put it right. Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

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Ava, chuffed (pleased): «the weasels put up a massive long fight, hours and hours.» Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** weasels, you · **What happens:** chuff, put up, put · **To what, where:** massive long fight, it · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ava, chuffed (pleased): «the weasels put up a massive long fight, hours and hours.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t1:1
# text = Ava, chuffed (pleased): «the weasels put up a massive long fight, hours and hours.»
1	Ava	Ava	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	chuffed	chuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuff** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put up** *in a quote* | past | the weasels | a massive long fight and hours and hours |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fight=Goal |

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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:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t1:2
# text = Put it right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It lasted about five minutes, with the four friends easily beating the whole weasel army at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t1:o1:1
# text = It lasted about five minutes, with the four friends easily beating the whole weasel army at once
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
11	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	beating	beat	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	weasel	weasel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | It |  |  |  | minute |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **beat** | gerund | the four friends *not said here* | the whole weasel army |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location army=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was over in about five minutes, and no one was hurt badly enough to stop the feast

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t1:o2:1
# text = It was over in about five minutes, and no one was hurt badly enough to stop the feast
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  | minute | over *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | past · passive |  | no one |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive |  | the feast |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality feast=Eventuality |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was over in about five minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t1:o3:1
# text = It was over in about five minutes
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It lasted several hours of fighting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t1:o4:1
# text = It lasted several hours of fighting
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lasted	last	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past | It |  |  |  | hour |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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