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title: Looking back: what had the Mole left unfinished at home that very mo… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: what had the Mole left unfinished at home that very morning? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 12 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank…

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Looking back: what had the Mole left unfinished at home that very morning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole, home · **What happens:** look back, have, leave, morning · **To what, where:** home

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» 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/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t12:1
# text = Looking back: what had the Mole left unfinished at home that very morning?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	unfinished	unfinished	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 | **have** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | past | the Mole |  |  | home |  | unfinished *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at home=Location |
| 4 | **morning** |  | home |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The letter he meant to write to the Badger about the boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t12:o1:1
# text = The letter he meant to write to the Badger about the boat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past | he | the letter *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  | the Badger about the boat |  |  |  | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to badger=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The garden hedge outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t12:o2:1
# text = The garden hedge outside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His letters to the Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t12:o3:1
# text = His letters to the Badger
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **letter** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  | to the Badger | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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

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His spring-cleaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t12:o4:1
# text = His spring-cleaning
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
2	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clean** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleaning «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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