--- title: Looking back: how has the Mole changed since he jeered «Onion-sauce!… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: how has the Mole changed since he jeered «Onion-sauce!» at the rabbits? Test 14 · ★★ 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 d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/t14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank… Looking back: how has the Mole changed since he jeered «Onion-sauce!» at the rabbits? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, he · **What happens:** look back, have, change, jeer · **To what, where:** Mole, Onion sauce This is test 14 · ★★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t14:1 # text = Looking back: how has the Mole changed since he jeered «Onion-sauce!» at the rabbits? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 csubj _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 since since SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 jeered jeer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Onion onion NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 sauce sauce NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ! ! PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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** | present | | the Mole | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient | | 3 | **change** | past | Looking | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **jeer** | past | he | Onion sauce | | | | at the rabbits | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sauce=Theme | 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} He becomes a sailor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t14:o1:1 # text = He becomes a sailor 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 becomes become VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sailor sailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | present | He | a sailor | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He learns to say sorry and be grateful ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t14:o2:1 # text = He learns to say sorry and be grateful 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 learns learn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present | He | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | sorry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | | 3 | **is** | infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | grateful *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He gets much bigger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t14:o3:1 # text = He gets much bigger 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 much much ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | He | | | | | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} He now rows well and never gets wet at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:t14:o4:1 # text = He now rows well and never gets wet at all 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 rows row VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **row** | present | He | | | | now | well *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **get** | present | He *not said here* | | | | | wet *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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