--- title: The rabbits shout «How stupid you are! Why didn't you tell him—» aft… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: The rabbits shout «How stupid you are! Why didn't you tell him—» after the Mole has gone. What is the writer laughing at? Test 3 · ★★ 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 primar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/t3/) [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/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank… The rabbits shout «How stupid you are! Why didn't you tell him—» after the Mole has gone. What is the writer laughing at? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rabbits, you, Mole, writer · **What happens:** shout, be, not tell, go, laugh · **To what, where:** him · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The rabbits shout «How stupid you are! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t3:1 # text = The rabbits shout «How stupid you are! 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shout shout VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 stupid stupid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | the rabbits | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | stupid *property* | tree rules | 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:* Why didn't you tell him—» after the Mole has gone. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t3:2 # text = Why didn't you tell him—» after the Mole has gone. 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 — - PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | you | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Mole | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | *Sentence 3:* What is the writer laughing at? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t3:3 # text = What is the writer laughing at? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 laughing laugh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the writer | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | gerund | the writer *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They are sad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t3:o1:1 # text = They are sad 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | sad *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Arguing about what to do when it's too late ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t3:o2:1 # text = Arguing about what to do when it's too late 1 Arguing argue VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 about about SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 10 mark _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 too too ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | gerund | | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | present | it | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} They are being rude ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t3:o3:1 # text = They are being rude 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 cop _ _ 4 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | They | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Teasing the Mole for taking a long road home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t3:o4:1 # text = Teasing the Mole for taking a long road home 1 Teasing tease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 for for SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | gerund | | the Mole | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient | | 2 | **take** | gerund | | a long road | | | | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme | **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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