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title: ★★★ «About a dozen» weasels lay on the floor. If Mole had handcuffs… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «About a dozen» weasels lay on the floor. If Mole had handcuffs for 4 animals each, how many sets did he need for 12? Test 17 · ★★★ 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 primar
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# Test 17 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

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★★★ «About a dozen» weasels lay on the floor. If Mole had handcuffs for 4 animals each, how many sets did he need for 12?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ weasels, Mole, many sets · **What happens:** lay, have, need · **To what, where:** floor, handcuffs

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This is test 17 · ★★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «About a dozen» weasels lay on the floor.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t17:1
# text = ★★★ «About a dozen» weasels lay on the floor.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	About	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dozen	dozen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	list	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
9	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | ★ weasels |  |  | the floor |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on floor=Destination |

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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:* If Mole had handcuffs for 4 animals each, how many sets did he need for 12?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t17:2
# text = If Mole had handcuffs for 4 animals each, how many sets did he need for 12?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	handcuffs	handcuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Mole | handcuffs |  |  |  | for 4 animals | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | past · do-support | many sets |  |  |  |  | for 12 | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Twelve sets of handcuffs, one for each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t17:o1:1
# text = Twelve sets of handcuffs, one for each
1	Twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	handcuffs	handcuff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	nmod	_	_
```

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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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3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t17:o2:1
# text = 3
1	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Four sets, one for each animal in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t17:o3:1
# text = Four sets, one for each animal in the hall
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sets	set	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t17:o4:1
# text = 1
1	1	1	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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