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title: ★★★ Put in order: (a) snow begins; (b) the Rat finds the Mole; (c) t… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ Put in order: (a) snow begins; (b) the Rat finds the Mole; (c) the Mole sleeps; (d) they sit on a fallen tree-trunk. Test 16 · ★★ 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, 
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# Test 16 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…

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★★★ Put in order: (a) snow begins; (b) the Rat finds the Mole; (c) the Mole sleeps; (d) they sit on a fallen tree-trunk.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★ ★, snow, Rat, Mole, they · **What happens:** put, begin, find, sleep, sit, fall · **To what, where:** order, Mole, c, d, fallen tree trunk

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t16:1
# text = ★★★ Put in order: (a) snow begins; (b) the Rat finds the Mole; (c) the Mole sleeps; (d) they sit on a fallen tree-trunk.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
8	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	9	punct	_	_
11	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	begins	begin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	b	b	NUM	LS	_	19	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	15	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
23	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	sleeps	sleep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	31	punct	_	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	_
35	on	on	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
37	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	40	amod	_	_
38	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	38	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | infinitive | ★ ★ |  |  | order |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in order=Destination |
| 2 | **begin** | present | a snow |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **find** | present | the Rat | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Topic |
| 4 | **sleep** | present | the Mole | c |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **sit** | present | they | d |  | a fallen tree trunk |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on trunk=Location |
| 6 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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a, b

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t16:o1:1
# text = a, b
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	b	B	NOUN	NN	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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d, a

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t16:o2:1
# text = d, a
1	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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b, a, c, d

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t16:o3:1
# text = b, a, c, d
1	b	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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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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b, c, a, d

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:t16:o4:1
# text = b, c, a, d
1	b	B	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	d	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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