--- title: Looking back: in chapter I the Otter said Toad's craze was what? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter I the Otter said Toad's craze was what? Test 8 · ★★ 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 an --- [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/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road… Looking back: in chapter I the Otter said Toad's craze was what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, craze, Toad · **What happens:** look back, say, be, craze · **To what, where:** chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t8:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter I the Otter said Toad's craze was what? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 craze craze NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | | | chapter | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in chapter=Manner | | 3 | **is a** | past | Toad's craze | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **craze** | | Toad | | | | | | nom craze «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} A brand-new racing boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t8:o1:1 # text = A brand-new racing boat 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 brand brand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 racing racing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A new steam-engine barge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t8:o2:1 # text = A new steam-engine barge 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 3 steam steam NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 engine engine NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 barge barge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A brand-new sailing yacht ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t8:o3:1 # text = A brand-new sailing yacht 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 2 brand brand NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 sailing sailing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 yacht yacht NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A new motor-car ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:29-willows-ch2-part1-ducks-ditty-and-toad-hall:t8:o4:1 # text = A new motor-car 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 car car 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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