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title: How does the Rat's face appear to the Mole bit by bit? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: How does the Rat's face appear to the Mole bit by bit? Test 6 · ★★ 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 pragmatics of the question a
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

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How does the Rat's face appear to the Mole bit by bit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, appear · **To what, where:** face

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t6:1
# text = How does the Rat's face appear to the Mole bit by bit?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the Rat's face |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Eventuality |
| 2 | **appear** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to the Mole bit; by bit | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by bit=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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A whole face at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t6:o1:1
# text = A whole face at once
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A twinkle, an eye, then a face round it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t6:o2:1
# text = A twinkle, an eye, then a face round it
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	round	round	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A loud voice and then a wave of arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t6:o3:1
# text = A loud voice and then a wave of arms
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wave** |  |  | arms |  |  |  |  | nom wave «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A hat, then a beard, then a grin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t6:o4:1
# text = A hat, then a beard, then a grin
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	grin	grin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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