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title: How do we know the Mole is happy when he first comes up into the mea… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: How do we know the Mole is happy when he first comes up into the meadow? Test 13 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

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How do we know the Mole is happy when he first comes up into the meadow?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, Mole, he · **What happens:** know, be, come up · **To what, where:** meadow · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» 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/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t13:1
# text = How do we know the Mole is happy when he first comes up into the meadow?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
12	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · do-support | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present | the Mole |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **come up** | present | he |  |  | the meadow |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into meadow=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He rushes around the meadow shouting and waving at the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t13:o1:1
# text = He rushes around the meadow shouting and waving at the trees
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | present | He |  |  | the meadow |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around meadow=Trajectory |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **wave** | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tree=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He rolls over in the warm grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t13:o2:1
# text = He rolls over in the warm grass
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rolls	roll	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll over** | present | He |  |  | the warm grass |  | over *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He waves his paws in the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t13:o3:1
# text = He waves his paws in the air
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waves	wave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** | present | He | his paws |  |  |  | in the air | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent paw=Patient in air=Theme |

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

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He jumps off all four legs at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t13:o4:1
# text = He jumps off all four legs at once
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumps	jump	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
5	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump off** | present | He | all four legs |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent leg=Theme at once=Trajectory |

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