--- title: ★★★ The Mole retells the Rat's thinking step by step. According to h… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics description: ★★★ The Mole retells the Rat's thinking step by step. According to him, which word did the Rat's «majestic mind» say to itself first? Test 16 · ★★★ 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 Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/t16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo… ★★★ The Mole retells the Rat's thinking step by step. According to him, which word did the Rat's «majestic mind» say to itself first? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ★, Rat, majestic mind · **What happens:** retell, step, accord, do, say, mind · **To what, where:** thinking step, majestic mind, Rat · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 · ★★★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Mole retells the Rat's thinking step by step. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t16:1 # text = ★★★ The Mole retells the Rat's thinking step by step. 1 ★ ★ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ★ ★ X FW Foreign=Yes 1 dep _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ★ ★ ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 6 retells retell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 thinking thinking NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retell** | present | ★ ★ the Mole | the Rat's thinking step | | | | by step | tree rules | | 2 | **step** | | the Rat | | | | | | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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:* According to him, which word did the Rat's «majestic mind» say to itself first? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t16:2 # text = According to him, which word did the Rat's «majestic mind» say to itself first? 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 6 det _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 majestic majestic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 15 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ _ 18 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | ★ | the Rat's majestic mind | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Eventuality | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the Rat's majestic mind *not said here* | | Rat | | | first *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to itself=Recipient | | 4 | **mind** *in a quote* | | the Rat | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} «Door!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t16:o1:1 # text = «Door!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} «Door-scraper!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t16:o2:1 # text = «Door-scraper!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 scraper scraper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} «Mat!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t16:o3:1 # text = «Mat!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Mat mat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «Metal, hmm!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t16:o4:1 # text = «Metal, hmm!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 hmm hmm INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` 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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