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title: Looking back: what did the Mole do at the backwater before lunch, ga… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

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Looking back: what did the Mole do at the backwater before lunch, gasping «O my! O my!» at each packet?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** look back, do, gasp · **To what, where:** Mole, backwater, my

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This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: what did the Mole do at the backwater before lunch, gasping «O my!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t13:1
# text = Looking back: what did the Mole do at the backwater before lunch, gasping «O my!
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	backwater	backwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	gasping	gasp	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	_
18	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **do** | past |  | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Eventuality |
| 3 | **do** | present |  |  |  | the backwater | before lunch |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **gasp** | gerund |  | my |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent my=Topic |

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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:* O my!» at each packet?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t13:2
# text = O my!» at each packet?
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Unpacked the basket and laid out every single item on the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t13:o1:1
# text = Unpacked the basket and laid out every single item on the grass
1	Unpacked	unpack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unpack** | participle |  | the basket |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lay out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Unpacked the basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t13:o2:1
# text = Unpacked the basket
1	Unpacked	unpack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unpack** | participle |  | the basket |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hunted through the whole basket for the knife and forks, grumbling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t13:o3:1
# text = Hunted through the whole basket for the knife and forks, grumbling
1	Hunted	hunt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	forks	fork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	grumbling	grumbling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | participle |  |  |  | the whole basket for the knife and forks and grumbling |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent through basket=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Found the mustard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t13:o4:1
# text = Found the mustard
1	Found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mustard	mustard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past |  | the mustard |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mustard=Topic |

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