--- title: Looking back: in chapter II the Rat said of Toad «Perhaps he's not v… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter II the Rat said of Toad «Perhaps he's not very clever». Who is shown to be clever here? 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Who is shown to be clever here? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, say, not be, show, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★★★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter II the Rat said of Toad «Perhaps he's not very clever». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t15:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter II the Rat said of Toad «Perhaps he's not very clever». 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 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 _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Rat | | | | | of Toad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Rat | | | | | clever, perhaps *property* | tree rules | 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. *Sentence 2:* Who is shown to be clever here? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t15:2 # text = Who is shown to be clever here? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 7 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present · passive | | | | here | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The Rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t15:o1:1 # text = The Rat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Mole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t15:o2:1 # text = Mole 1 Mole Mole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Mole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t15:o3:1 # text = The Mole 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Toad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t15:o4:1 # text = Toad 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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