--- title: ★★★ «I merely served in the ranks and did little or nothing.» Which… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ «I merely served in the ranks and did little or nothing.» Which of these is TRUE from the battle chapter? Test 19 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» of the books course of Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/t19/) [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/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o… ★★★ «I merely served in the ranks and did little or nothing.» Which of these is TRUE from the battle chapter? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** serve, do, be · **To what, where:** ★ ★ ★, little, battle chapter This is test 19 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/#t19). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ «I merely served in the ranks and did little or nothing.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t19:1 # text = ★★★ «I merely served in the ranks and did little or nothing.» 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW _ 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 merely merely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ranks rank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obj _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **serve** *in a quote* | past | I | ★ ★ ★ | | | | in the ranks; merely *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent in rank=Attribute | | 2 | **do** *in a quote* | past | I *not said here* | little | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Eventuality | 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:* Which of these is TRUE from the battle chapter? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t19:2 # text = Which of these is TRUE from the battle chapter? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | the battle chapter | | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Toad fought the Badger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t19:o1:1 # text = Toad fought the Badger 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | Toad | the Badger | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Toad fought with Otter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t19:o2:1 # text = Toad fought with Otter 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past | Toad | | | | | with Otter | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with otter=Co-Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Toad did fight the Chief Weasel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t19:o3:1 # text = Toad did fight the Chief Weasel 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Chief Chief PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Weasel Weasel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | past · do-support | Toad | the Chief Weasel | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weasel=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Toad ran away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t19:o4:1 # text = Toad ran away 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | past | Toad | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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