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title: Looking back: in chapter I the Mole grabbed the oars thinking «he co… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

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Looking back: in chapter I the Mole grabbed the oars thinking «he could do it every bit as well». What does he think of the Rat's brains now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Mole · **What happens:** look back, grab, think, do · **To what, where:** oars, chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter I the Mole grabbed the oars thinking «he could do it every bit as well».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I the Mole grabbed the oars thinking «he could do it every bit as well».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	oars	oar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	thinking	think	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
17	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
20	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	16	advmod	_	_
21	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	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 |
| 2 | **grab** | past | I | the oars |  | chapter |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oar=Theme |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **do** *in a quote* | could | Mole | chapter |  |  |  | every bit *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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:* What does he think of the Rat's brains now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t12:2
# text = What does he think of the Rat's brains now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Mole |  |  |  | now | of the Rat's brains | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

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

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«If I only had your head, Ratty——»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t12:o1:1
# text = «If I only had your head, Ratty——»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | I | your head |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Your head is very fine, Ratty»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t12:o2:1
# text = «Your head is very fine, Ratty»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Your head |  |  |  |  | Ratty *vocative*; fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«What a clever head you have»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t12:o3:1
# text = «What a clever head you have»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det:predet	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | present | you | what clever head |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«If I only had your head, Ratty, I'd be a genius by now»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t12:o4:1
# text = «If I only had your head, Ratty, I'd be a genius by now»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** *in a quote* | past | I | your head |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | would | I | a genius |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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