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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter X, what did Toad do when he sang his conceited song on the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, do, sing · **To what, where:** chapter, conceited song, road

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t9:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter X, what did Toad do when he sang his conceited song on the road?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
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	0	root	_	_
6	X	X	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
12	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	conceited	conceited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | Toad | chapter |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | Toad | Toad's conceited song |  | the road |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 4 | **sing** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sang to the farmers, then was arrested and sent to prison at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t9:o1:1
# text = Sang to the farmers, then was arrested and sent to prison at once
1	Sang	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  | the farmers |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to farmer=Recipient |
| 2 | **arrest** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | then |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP» |
| 3 | **send** | participle |  |  |  | prison |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to prison=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Met the owners of the stolen car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t9:o2:1
# text = Met the owners of the stolen car
1	Met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past |  | the owners of the stolen car |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **steal** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Was arrested by the local police

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t9:o3:1
# text = Was arrested by the local police
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	arrested	arrest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrest** | past · passive | the local police |  |  |  |  |  | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sang to the wrong weasels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t9:o4:1
# text = Sang to the wrong weasels
1	Sang	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  | the wrong weasels |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to weasel=Recipient |

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