--- title: Toad's sentence: one year for stealing the car, three for driving da… — Gaols, magistrates and old punishments… · tree and pragmatics description: Toad's sentence: one year for stealing the car, three for driving dangerously, fifteen for cheeking the police. What is wrong with that? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/t4/) [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/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/) / [Gaols, magistrates and old punishments…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to… Toad's sentence: one year for stealing the car, three for driving dangerously, fifteen for cheeking the police. What is wrong with that? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one year, Toad · **What happens:** steal, drive, cheek, sentence, be · **To what, where:** car, police This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» of the history 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/history/84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Toad's sentence: one year for stealing the car, three for driving dangerously, fifteen for cheeking the police. ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t4:1 # text = Toad's sentence: one year for stealing the car, three for driving dangerously, fifteen for cheeking the police. 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 7 for for SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 stealing steal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 acl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 conj _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 driving drive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 dangerously dangerously ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 18 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 19 cheeking cheek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 police police NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | gerund | one year *not said here* | the car | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location car=Theme | | 2 | **drive** | gerund | | | | | | dangerously *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cheek** | gerund | | the police | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **sentence** | | Toad | | | | | | nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:* What is wrong with that? ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t4:2 # text = What is wrong with that? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with that; wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The theft of the car should have got nothing at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t4:o1:1 # text = The theft of the car should have got nothing at all 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 aux _ _ 8 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 8 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | should · perfect | the theft of the car | nothing | | all | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme at all=Asset | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The smallest wrong, rudeness, gets by far the biggest punishment ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t4:o2:1 # text = The smallest wrong, rudeness, gets by far the biggest punishment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 smallest small ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 amod _ _ 3 wrong wrong NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 rudeness rudeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 biggest big ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 12 amod _ _ 12 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | the smallest wrong and rudeness | | | | | by the biggest punishment | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, that is exactly how it should be done ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing, that is exactly how it should be done 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 10 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 1 nmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 5 exactly exactly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | should · present · passive | | Nothing | | | | do, exactly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Driving fast was not a crime at all in those days ```conllu # sent_id = question:history:84-gaols-magistrates-and-old-punishments-from-the-stocks-to-the-children-act-of-1908:t4:o4:1 # text = Driving fast was not a crime at all in those days 1 Driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 crime crime NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 nmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | gerund | | | | | | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | Driving | a crime | | all | | | tree rules | **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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