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title: The Mole sees the bubbles again after the Otter vanishes. What does… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Mole sees the bubbles again after the Otter vanishes. What does that tell him? Test 8 · ★★ 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 a
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

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The Mole sees the bubbles again after the Otter vanishes. What does that tell him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole, Otter, that · **What happens:** see, vanish, tell · **To what, where:** bubbles, Otter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Mole sees the bubbles again after the Otter vanishes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t8:1
# text = The Mole sees the bubbles again after the Otter vanishes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	vanishes	vanish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | the Mole | the bubbles |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bubble=Stimulus |
| 2 | **vanish** | present | the Otter |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 that tell him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t8:2
# text = What does that tell him?
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	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | that |  | Otter |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Otter has fallen asleep underwater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t8:o1:1
# text = The Otter has fallen asleep underwater
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	underwater	underwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present · perfect | the Otter | asleep underwater |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient underwater=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is coming back up soon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t8:o2:1
# text = He is coming back up soon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	up	up	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come back** | present · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Otter is swimming away underwater

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t8:o3:1
# text = The Otter is swimming away underwater
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	underwater	underwater	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim away** | present · progressive | the Otter |  |  |  |  | away, underwater *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Otter has come up for air somewhere far downstream and is waving to them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t8:o4:1
# text = The Otter has come up for air somewhere far downstream and is waving to them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	downstream	downstream	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	waving	wave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | present · perfect | the Otter |  |  |  |  | for air; somewhere *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wave** | present · progressive | the Otter *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient |

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