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title: «the Mole was bent on enjoying everything». What does «bent on» mean? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: «the Mole was bent on enjoying everything». What does «bent on» mean? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

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«the Mole was bent on enjoying everything». What does «bent on» mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** bend, enjoy, bent on, mean · **To what, where:** Mole, everything

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» 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/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «the Mole was bent on enjoying everything».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t10:1
# text = «the Mole was bent on enjoying everything».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	enjoying	enjoy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: subject=Material |
| 2 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | gerund |  | everything |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does «bent on» mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t10:2
# text = What does «bent on» mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	bent	bent	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
7	mean	mean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bent on** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stooping over and carefully examining something on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t10:o1:1
# text = Stooping over and carefully examining something on the ground
1	Stooping	stoop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	examining	examine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stoop over** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **examine** | gerund |  | something |  | the ground |  | carefully *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bending down to pick up every single thing in the boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t10:o2:1
# text = Bending down to pick up every single thing in the boat
1	Bending	bend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bend down** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pick up** | to-infinitive |  | every single thing |  | the boat |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Set on doing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t10:o3:1
# text = Set on doing
1	Set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Determined to

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t10:o4:1
# text = Determined to
1	Determined	determined	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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

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