--- title: Ella: «Badger and Rat are just mean, they want Toad to be boring.» B… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ella: «Badger and Rat are just mean, they want Toad to be boring.» Best answer from the story? Test 14 · ★★★ 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, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/t14/) [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/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o… Ella: «Badger and Rat are just mean, they want Toad to be boring.» Best answer from the story? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ella, Toad · **What happens:** be, want · **To what, where:** Toad This is test 14 · ★★★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Ella: «Badger and Rat are just mean, they want Toad to be boring.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t14:1 # text = Ella: «Badger and Rat are just mean, they want Toad to be boring.» 1 Ella Ella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 13 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Ella and Badger and Rat | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | Ella | Toad | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot toad=Theme | | 3 | **is** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | | | | | boring *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. *Sentence 2:* Best answer from the story? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t14:2 # text = Best answer from the story? 1 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They want him to be quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t14:o1:1 # text = They want him to be quiet 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | They | him *= he* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They hate Toad's singing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t14:o2:1 # text = They hate Toad's singing 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 singing singing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | They | Toad's singing | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer singing=Stimulus | | 2 | **sing** | | Toad | | | | | | nom singing «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They want him respected ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t14:o3:1 # text = They want him respected 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 respected respect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | They | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **respect** *not said to happen* | participle | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} They want quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t14:o4:1 # text = They want quiet 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | They | | | | | quiet *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | **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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