--- title: Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat promise the wet Mole? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat promise the wet Mole? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/t10/) [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 II, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road… Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat promise the wet Mole? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, promise · **To what, where:** chapter This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» 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/29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t10:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat promise the wet Mole? 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 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · do-support | the Rat | chapter | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent what=Goal mole=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} To teach him to row and swim ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t10:o1:1 # text = To teach him to row and swim 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 teach teach VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 row row VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 swim swim VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **row** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **swim** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} To lend him a boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t10:o2:1 # text = To lend him a boat 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 lend lend VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lend** | to-infinitive | | a boat | him *= he* | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient boat=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} To take him for a long walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t10:o3:1 # text = To take him for a long walk 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 walk walk NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | to-infinitive | | him *= he* | | | | for a long walk | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for walk=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} To show him the river bank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t10:o4:1 # text = To show him the river bank 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 show show VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | to-infinitive | | the river bank | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient bank=Topic | **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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