--- title: «a pre-occupied expression» — Toad is about to appear. Looking at th… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics description: «a pre-occupied expression» — Toad is about to appear. Looking at the empty boat-house, what does the Rat expect? Test 13 · ★★ 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 --- [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/t13/) [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/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road… «a pre-occupied expression» — Toad is about to appear. Looking at the empty boat-house, what does the Rat expect? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad, Rat · **What happens:** be, appear, look, expect This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* «a pre-occupied expression» — Toad is about to appear. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t13:1 # text = «a pre-occupied expression» — Toad is about to appear. 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 pre-occupied pre-occupied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 — - PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 appear appear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Toad | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **appear** | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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. *Sentence 2:* Looking at the empty boat-house, what does the Rat expect? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t13:2 # text = Looking at the empty boat-house, what does the Rat expect? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 4 empty empty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 5 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 13 obj _ _ 10 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | at the empty boat house | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at house=Theme | | 2 | **expect** | present · do-support | the Rat | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A new craze ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t13:o1:1 # text = A new craze 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 craze craze NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Some tea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t13:o2:1 # text = Some tea 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 tea tea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Trouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t13:o3:1 # text = Trouble 1 Trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t13:o4:1 # text = A boat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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