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# Test 13 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…

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Looking back: in chapter II, the Rat stayed with Toad because «it wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself». Who is the Rat looking after now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, stay, not be, leave, look · **To what, where:** Toad

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This is test 13 · ★★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter II, the Rat stayed with Toad because «it wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, the Rat stayed with Toad because «it wouldn't be safe for him to be left to himself».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
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	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	19	advmod	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	cop	_	_
19	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	_
20	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
23	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	advcl	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | past | the Rat |  |  |  |  | with Toad | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with toad=Location |
| 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | would | Rat |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **leave** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive |  | Toad | Toad |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to himself=Recipient |

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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:* Who is the Rat looking after now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t13:2
# text = Who is the Rat looking after now?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · progressive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The Otter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t13:o1:1
# text = The Otter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Otter	Otter	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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Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t13:o2:1
# text = Toad
1	Toad	Toad	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 Mole and Badger both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t13:o3:1
# text = The Mole and Badger both
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	both	both	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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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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The Mole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t13:o4:1
# text = The Mole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	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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