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title: Looking back: what was the Mole doing at «a very early hour that mor… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: what was the Mole doing at «a very early hour that morning»? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 11 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…

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Looking back: what was the Mole doing at «a very early hour that morning»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** look back, be, do · **To what, where:** Mole

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 26 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World)» 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/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:t11:1
# text = Looking back: what was the Mole doing at «a very early hour that morning»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the Mole |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | gerund | the Mole *not said here* |  |  |  | hour; morning |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Spring-cleaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:t11:o1:1
# text = Spring-cleaning
1	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Painting the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:t11:o2:1
# text = Painting the door
1	Painting	paint	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **paint** | gerund |  | the door |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent door=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Going to find the Rat and ask him for a boat ride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:t11:o3:1
# text = Going to find the Rat and ask him for a boat ride
1	Going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | the Rat |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Topic |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | for a boat ride | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Making breakfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:t11:o4:1
# text = Making breakfast
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | breakfast |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset breakfast=Product |

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