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title: Looking back: in chapter I, which animals did the Rat say «you can't… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, which animals did the Rat say «you can't really trust» in the Wild Wood? Test 5 · ★★ 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, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…

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Looking back: in chapter I, which animals did the Rat say «you can't really trust» in the Wild Wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** animals, you · **What happens:** look back, do, say, not trust · **To what, where:** chapter, Wild Wood · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t5:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, which animals did the Rat say «you can't really trust» in the Wild Wood?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	really	really	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	24	flat	_	_
24	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | animals | chapter |  |  |  | the Rat *obl* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **not** **trust** *in a quote* | can | you |  |  | the Wild Wood |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Weasels, stoats, foxes and the dreadful Toad who lives at the Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t5:o1:1
# text = Weasels, stoats, foxes and the dreadful Toad who lives at the Hall
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dreadful	dreadful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | present | the dreadful Toad |  |  | the Hall |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at hall=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Otters and water voles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t5:o2:1
# text = Otters and water voles
1	Otters	otter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	voles	vole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Weasels, stoats, foxes, owls, hedgehogs and all the wild creatures of the Wild Wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t5:o3:1
# text = Weasels, stoats, foxes, owls, hedgehogs and all the wild creatures of the Wild Wood
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	owls	owl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	18	flat	_	_
18	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Weasels, stoats and foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t5:o4:1
# text = Weasels, stoats and foxes
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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