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title: Looking back: what did the Rat say about Toad in part 1 — «Always go… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: what did the Rat say about Toad in part 1 — «Always good-tempered, always glad to see you». Has Toad been good company today? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» of the books course of Mova
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road…

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Looking back: what did the Rat say about Toad in part 1 — «Always good-tempered, always glad to see you». Has Toad been good company today?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat, Toad · **What happens:** look back, do, say, temper, see, have · **To what, where:** you, good company · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» 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/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: what did the Rat say about Toad in part 1 — «Always good-tempered, always glad to see you».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t9:1
# text = Looking back: what did the Rat say about Toad in part 1 — «Always good-tempered, always glad to see you».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	5	parataxis	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	_
14	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	19	advmod	_	_
17	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	tempered	temper	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	22	advmod	_	_
22	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Rat |  |  |  |  | about Toad in part | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **temper** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Has Toad been good company today?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t9:2
# text = Has Toad been good company today?
1	Has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | participle | Toad | good company |  |  | today |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, he was good company, but he was selfish, dreamy and rather noisy at times

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, he was good company, but he was selfish, dreamy and rather noisy at times
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	selfish	selfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	rather	rather	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | good company |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | he | selfish |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No — tired and quite grumpy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t9:o2:1
# text = No — tired and quite grumpy
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	grumpy	grumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No — selfish, dreamy and no help at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t9:o3:1
# text = No — selfish, dreamy and no help at all
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	selfish	selfish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes — cheerful and kind all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:t9:o4:1
# text = Yes — cheerful and kind all day
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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