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title: Ruby: «Toad wrote the invites 'cos he's a proper team player now, no… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby: «Toad wrote the invites 'cos he's a proper team player now, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right. Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» of the books course of Mova's pri
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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Ruby: «Toad wrote the invites 'cos he's a proper team player now, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, Toad, cap · **What happens:** write, be, put · **To what, where:** invites, proper team player, cap

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» 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/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby: «Toad wrote the invites 'cos he's a proper team player now, no cap.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t1:1
# text = Ruby: «Toad wrote the invites 'cos he's a proper team player now, no cap.»
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	invites	invite	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	'	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	player	player	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	19	det	_	_
19	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** *in a quote* | past | Ruby | the invites |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invite=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Toad | a proper team player and no cap |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

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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:* (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t1:2
# text = (no cap = honestly) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	punct	_	_
5	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | no cap *not said here* | cap |  |  |  | honestly, right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He had a plan to boast in them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t1:o1:1
# text = He had a plan to boast in them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	boast	boast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He | a plan |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |
| 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | a plan *not said here* |  |  |  | in them *= they* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was honest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t1:o2:1
# text = He was honest
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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	honest	honest	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** | past | He |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He planned to brag in them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t1:o3:1
# text = He planned to brag in them
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	planned	plan	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	brag	brag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **brag** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in them *= they* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He wanted to show off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t1:o4:1
# text = He wanted to show off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **show off** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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