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title: Looking back: in chapter I, which dark place did the Rat answer «sho… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, which dark place did the Rat answer «shortly» about, as if he didn't like to talk of it? Test 7 · ★★ 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 dep
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# Test 7 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo…

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Looking back: in chapter I, which dark place did the Rat answer «shortly» about, as if he didn't like to talk of it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chapter, place · **What happens:** look back, answer, not like, talk

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t7:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, which dark place did the Rat answer «shortly» about, as if he didn't like to talk of it?
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	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
18	about	about	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
21	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
23	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
25	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	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 and the Rat answer; about *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | chapter and the Rat answer |  |  |  |  | shortly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | place |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | place *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of answer | vn talk-37.5 «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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The Wild Wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t7:o1:1
# text = The Wild Wood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	3	flat	_	_
3	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t7:o2:1
# text = The Hall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Weasel Hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t7:o3:1
# text = The Weasel Hole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Weasel	Weasel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Hole	Hole	PROPN	NNP	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 wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:t7:o4:1
# text = The wood
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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