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title: Looking back: in chapter II, what did the Mole whisper to the homesi… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter II, what did the Mole whisper to the homesick Rat on the common? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 35 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Wood (the Rat finds the Mole, and the snow comes)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 12 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…

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Looking back: in chapter II, what did the Mole whisper to the homesick Rat on the common?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** look back

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 35 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Wood (the Rat finds the Mole, and the snow comes)» 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/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, what did the Mole whisper to the homesick Rat on the common?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	csubj	_	_
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	19	nsubj	_	_
6	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	whisper	whisper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	homesick	homesick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	19	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 |

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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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He'd take him for a walk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t12:o1:1
# text = He'd take him for a walk
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | would | He | him *= he* |  |  |  | for a walk | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Theme for walk=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He'd go home with him early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t12:o2:1
# text = He'd go home with him early
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
7	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | would | He |  |  |  |  | with him *= he*; early, home *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He'd bring him more bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t12:o3:1
# text = He'd bring him more bread
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | would | He | more bread | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination bread=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He'd send a letter to Toad asking him to visit the river very soon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t12:o4:1
# text = He'd send a letter to Toad asking him to visit the river very soon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	very	very	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | would | He | a letter | Toad |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to toad=Destination |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | He *not said here* |  | Toad |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **visit** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the river |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Co-Agent |

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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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