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title: Looking back: the Mole hasn't been in a boat before today. Who else… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: the Mole hasn't been in a boat before today. Who else falls about in a boat in this chapter so far? Test 14 · ★★ 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 sc
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# Test 14 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

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Looking back: the Mole hasn't been in a boat before today. Who else falls about in a boat in this chapter so far?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** look back, not be, fall about · **To what, where:** boat

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This is test 14 · ★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: the Mole hasn't been in a boat before today.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t14:1
# text = Looking back: the Mole hasn't been in a boat before today.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
12	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  | today |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present · perfect | the Mole |  |  | a boat |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Who else falls about in a boat in this chapter so far?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t14:2
# text = Who else falls about in a boat in this chapter so far?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	else	else	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall about** | present |  |  |  | a boat |  | in this chapter; about, far *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in boat=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Toad, whenever he rowed past the Rat and Mole in his new wager-boat

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t14:o1:1
# text = Toad, whenever he rowed past the Rat and Mole in his new wager-boat
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rowed	row	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	past	past	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
13	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	wager	wager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | past | Toad |  |  | Toad's new wager boat |  | past the Rat and Mole; whenever *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past rat=Trajectory |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Rat, when he crashed into the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t14:o2:1
# text = The Rat, when he crashed into the bank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	crashed	crash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crash** | past | the Rat |  |  |  |  | into the bank *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into bank=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Badger, once at the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t14:o3:1
# text = The Badger, once at the bank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Mole, when he tipped over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t14:o4:1
# text = The Mole, when he tipped over
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tip over** | past | the Mole |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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