--- title: Why is Toad's thank-you to Mole important? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why is Toad's thank-you to Mole important? Test 9 · ★★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/t9/) [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 XII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o… Why is Toad's thank-you to Mole important? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thank · **What happens:** be This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t9:1 # text = Why is Toad's thank-you to Mole important? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 thank thank NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 flat _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Mole Mole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Toad's thank to Mole | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | 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} Toad apologises to the stoats ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t9:o1:1 # text = Toad apologises to the stoats 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 apologises apologise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 stoats stoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | present | Toad | | | | | to the stoats | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Toad puts away his jealousy, so the friendship survives the Wild Wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t9:o2:1 # text = Toad puts away his jealousy, so the friendship survives the Wild Wood 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 survives survive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 13 flat _ _ 13 Wood Wood PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put away** | present | Toad | Toad's jealousy | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent jealousy=Goal | | 2 | **survive** | present | the friendship | the Wild Wood | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Circumstance | ### Option 3 {#o3} It shows Toad feels grateful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t9:o3:1 # text = It shows Toad feels grateful 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | It | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **feel** | present | Toad | | | | | grateful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Toad puts away his jealousy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t9:o4:1 # text = Toad puts away his jealousy 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 puts put VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put away** | present | Toad | Toad's jealousy | | | | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent jealousy=Goal | **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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