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title: Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better than the old days.» Put it right. Test 5 · ★★★ 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 pri
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

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Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better than the old days.» Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guests, Leo, it, you · **What happens:** be, go, put · **To what, where:** dead happy Toad, it

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better than the old days.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t5:1
# text = Leo: «the guests were dead happy Toad went quiet, it was well better than the old days.»
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
16	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	parataxis	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | the guests | dead happy Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Leo |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | it |  |  |  | day | good, well *property* | 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:* Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t5:2
# text = Put it right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Some older guests missed the songs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t5:o1:1
# text = Some older guests missed the songs
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	songs	song	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | some older guests | the songs |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Some young ones missed the old fun, but most guests thought the quiet better

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t5:o2:1
# text = Some young ones missed the old fun, but most guests thought the quiet better
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
15	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | some young ones | the old fun |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | most guests |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Some young ones missed the old fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t5:o3:1
# text = Some young ones missed the old fun
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | some young ones | the old fun |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Some young ones missed the old fun and asked Toad to sing again every night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t5:o4:1
# text = Some young ones missed the old fun and asked Toad to sing again every night
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	Toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past | some young ones | the old fun |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | some young ones *not said here* |  | Toad |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent toad=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | some young ones *not said here* |  |  |  | again; night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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