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title: What would the gaoler's daughter have thought of her present? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would the gaoler's daughter have thought of her present? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 tree and
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

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What would the gaoler's daughter have thought of her present?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** daughter · **What happens:** think

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t7:1
# text = What would the gaoler's daughter have thought of her present?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	present	present	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would · perfect | the gaoler's daughter |  |  |  |  | of daughter's present | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That Toad was grateful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t7:o1:1
# text = That Toad was grateful
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Toad |  |  |  |  | grateful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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That Toad had sent it only to show off his fine chain to the whole village

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t7:o2:1
# text = That Toad had sent it only to show off his fine chain to the whole village
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | that Toad |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination it=Theme |
| 2 | **show off** | to-infinitive |  | Toad's fine chain | the whole village |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent chain=Topic to village=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That Toad was grateful and very kind, and that he had changed his ways

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t7:o3:1
# text = That Toad was grateful and very kind, and that he had changed his ways
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Toad |  |  |  |  | grateful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | that Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **change** | past · perfect | Toad | Toad's ways |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That Toad was foolish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t7:o4:1
# text = That Toad was foolish
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	foolish	foolish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Toad |  |  |  |  | foolish *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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