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title: Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said «'Live for others!' That's my… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said «'Live for others!' That's my motto in life.» How does that compare with his words about «duty and friendship» now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad, That · **What happens:** look back, say, live, be, compare, word · **To what, where:** motto, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said «'Live for others!'

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, Toad said «'Live for others!'
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **live** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for others | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* That's my motto in life.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t11:2
# text = That's my motto in life.»
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	motto	motto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | That | my motto |  | life |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* How does that compare with his words about «duty and friendship» now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t11:3
# text = How does that compare with his words about «duty and friendship» now?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	compare	compare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compare** | present · do-support | that |  |  |  | now | with Toad's words about duty and friendship | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with word=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **word** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | about duty and friendship | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Both are very polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t11:o1:1
# text = Both are very polite
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	polite	polite	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 | Both |  |  |  |  | polite *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Both are false

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t11:o2:1
# text = Both are false
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	false	false	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 | Both |  |  |  |  | false *property* | tree rules |

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

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Both hide a plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t11:o3:1
# text = Both hide a plan
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | Both | a plan |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Both are sincere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t11:o4:1
# text = Both are sincere
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sincere	sincere	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 | Both |  |  |  |  | sincere *property* | tree rules |

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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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