--- title: Looking back: what did the Rat say when Toad asked him to come? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: what did the Rat say when Toad asked him to come? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/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/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road… Looking back: what did the Rat say when Toad asked him to come? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat, Toad · **What happens:** look back, say, ask, come · **To what, where:** Rat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» 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/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t10:1 # text = Looking back: what did the Rat say when Toad asked him to come? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Rat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Toad | | Rat | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} «I refuse, and I mean it, Toad» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t10:o1:1 # text = «I refuse, and I mean it, Toad» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 refuse refuse VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | Toad *vocative* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** *in a quote* | present | I | it | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} «I'm not coming, and that's flat» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t10:o2:1 # text = «I'm not coming, and that's flat» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 flat flat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | flat *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} «Never!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t10:o3:1 # text = «Never!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «No!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:t10:o4:1 # text = «No!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` 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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