--- title: ★★★ The coffee-pot was «three-fourths empty». What fraction of the c… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The coffee-pot was «three-fourths empty». What fraction of the coffee was left for Toad? Test 16 · ★★★ 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, wi --- [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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o… ★★★ The coffee-pot was «three-fourths empty». What fraction of the coffee was left for Toad? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coffee pot · **What happens:** be, leave · **To what, where:** fraction This is test 16 · ★★★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The coffee-pot was «three-fourths empty». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t16:1 # text = ★★★ The coffee-pot was «three-fourths empty». 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 fourths fourth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | past | the coffee pot | | | | | three fourths *obl:unmarked*; empty *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:* What fraction of the coffee was left for Toad? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t16:2 # text = What fraction of the coffee was left for Toad? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 fraction fraction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | what fraction of the coffee | | | | for Toad | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme for toad=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Three quarters of the coffee was actually left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t16:o1:1 # text = Three quarters of the coffee was actually left 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 coffee coffee NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 actually actually ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past · passive | | Three quarters of the coffee | | | | actually *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} One third ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t16:o2:1 # text = One third 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} One quarter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t16:o3:1 # text = One quarter 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 quarter quarter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Only a tiny spoonful at the very bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t16:o4:1 # text = Only a tiny spoonful at the very bottom 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spoonful spoonful NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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