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title: Looking back: chapter III began with the Mole wanting to meet Badger… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: chapter III began with the Mole wanting to meet Badger. Where has it brought him? Test 14 · ★★★ 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, with the dependenc
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

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Looking back: chapter III began with the Mole wanting to meet Badger. Where has it brought him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, Mole · **What happens:** look back, begin, want, meet, have, bring · **To what, where:** chapter, Badger

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This is test 14 · ★★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: chapter III began with the Mole wanting to meet Badger.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t14:1
# text = Looking back: chapter III began with the Mole wanting to meet Badger.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	4	flat	_	_
6	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  | chapter |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **begin** | past | Looking |  |  |  |  | with the Mole | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with mole=Subeventuality |
| 3 | **want** | gerund | Looking *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Looking *not said here* | Badger |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-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.

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*Sentence 2:* Where has it brought him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t14:2
# text = Where has it brought him?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	2	advmod	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bring** | past | Mole |  | Badger |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To Toad's front gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t14:o1:1
# text = To Toad's front gate
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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To Badger's front door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t14:o2:1
# text = To Badger's front door
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	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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To the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t14:o3:1
# text = To the river
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	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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Home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t14:o4:1
# text = Home
1	Home	home	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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