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title: Why did Toad's new behaviour give him «the greatest satisfaction»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Toad's new behaviour give him «the greatest satisfaction»? Test 6 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tre
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

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Why did Toad's new behaviour give him «the greatest satisfaction»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** new behaviour · **What happens:** give · **To what, where:** greatest satisfaction, Toad

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This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t6:1
# text = Why did Toad's new behaviour give him «the greatest satisfaction»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	satisfaction	satisfaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · do-support | Toad's new behaviour | the greatest satisfaction | Toad |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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He wanted fame

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t6:o1:1
# text = He wanted fame
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | fame |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fame=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He enjoyed boasting to Mole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t6:o2:1
# text = He enjoyed boasting to Mole
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	boasting	boast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* |  | Mole |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to mole=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He liked the praise of guests

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t6:o3:1
# text = He liked the praise of guests
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past | He | the praise of guests |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot praise=Theme |
| 2 | **praise** |  |  | guests |  |  |  |  | nom praise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He enjoyed surprising Badger and Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t6:o4:1
# text = He enjoyed surprising Badger and Rat
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	surprising	surprising	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | past | He | surprising Badger and Rat |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer badger=Stimulus |

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