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title: ★★★ «There will be other speeches by TOAD during the evening.» What… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ «There will be other speeches by TOAD during the evening.» What is the trap in that line? Test 18 · ★★★ 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, w
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# Test 18 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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★★★ «There will be other speeches by TOAD during the evening.» What is the trap in that line?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, trap · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** other speeches

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This is test 18 · ★★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ «There will be other speeches by TOAD during the evening.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t18:1
# text = ★★★ «There will be other speeches by TOAD during the evening.»
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	TOAD	TOAD	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | infinitive | ★ | other speeches |  |  | evening | by TOAD | 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:* What is the trap in that line?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t18:2
# text = What is the trap in that line?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the trap in that line |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It promises even more Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t18:o1:1
# text = It promises even more Toad
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	promises	promise	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	even	even	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | It |  | more Toad |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is a trap because the speeches will be cut short by the Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t18:o2:1
# text = It is a trap because the speeches will be cut short by the Rat
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	speeches	speech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a trap |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** | future · passive | the Rat | the speeches |  |  |  | short *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It warns that Toad will sing the same song over and over again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t18:o3:1
# text = It warns that Toad will sing the same song over and over again
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	warns	warn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	over	over	ADV	RB	_	10	conj	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | future | Toad | the same song |  |  | again | over *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It hides a second speech

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t18:o4:1
# text = It hides a second speech
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	speech	speech	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 | It | a second speech |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent speech=Patient |

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