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title: ★★★ The Mole chose a time when the Rat was dozing. In Alice (lessons… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ The Mole chose a time when the Rat was dozing. In Alice (lessons 1–24) Alice also slipped into adventure while someone near her was busy. Who? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone)» of the books course of Mova
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# Test 17 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…

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★★★ The Mole chose a time when the Rat was dozing. In Alice (lessons 1–24) Alice also slipped into adventure while someone near her was busy. Who?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, Rat, someone · **What happens:** choose, doze, slip, be

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 33 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone)» 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/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Mole chose a time when the Rat was dozing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t17:1
# text = ★★★ The Mole chose a time when the Rat was dozing.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	dozing	doze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past | ★ ★ the Mole |  |  |  | time |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **doze** | past · progressive | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* In Alice (lessons 1–24) Alice also slipped into adventure while someone near her was busy.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t17:2
# text = In Alice (lessons 1–24) Alice also slipped into adventure while someone near her was busy.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	–	–	SYM	SYM	ExtPos=ADP	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	adventure	adventure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	19	nsubj	_	_
16	near	near	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nmod	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past |  |  |  |  |  | into adventure; in Alice and lessons Alice | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in alice=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past | someone |  |  |  |  | busy *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Who?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t17:3
# text = Who?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Dinah

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t17:o1:1
# text = Dinah
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Her sister, reading a book

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t17:o2:1
# text = Her sister, reading a book
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund | Her sister | a book |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Cat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t17:o3:1
# text = The Cat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Mad Hatter, pouring tea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t17:o4:1
# text = The Mad Hatter, pouring tea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	pouring	pour	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pour** | gerund | the Mad Hatter *not said here* | tea |  |  |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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