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title: «Can we EAT a doormat? ... you exasperating rodent?» What is the Mol… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Can we EAT a doormat? ... you exasperating rodent?» What is the Mole feeling? Test 4 · ★★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

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«Can we EAT a doormat? ... you exasperating rodent?» What is the Mole feeling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we, you, Mole · **What happens:** eat, exasperate, feel · **To what, where:** doormat, rodent

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This is test 4 · ★★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Can we EAT a doormat? ... you exasperating rodent?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t4:1
# text = «Can we EAT a doormat? ... you exasperating rodent?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	EAT	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	doormat	doormat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
8	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	exasperating	exasperate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	rodent	rodent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** *in a quote* | can | we | a doormat |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doormat=Patient |
| 2 | **exasperate** *in a quote* | gerund | you | rodent |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rodent=Experiencer |

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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 is the Mole feeling?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t4:2
# text = What is the Mole feeling?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present · progressive | the Mole |  |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Hurt, tired and fed up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t4:o1:1
# text = Hurt, tired and fed up
1	Hurt	hurt	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t4:o2:1
# text = Happy
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Excited and very curious

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t4:o3:1
# text = Excited and very curious
1	Excited	excited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	curious	curious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cheerful and hungry now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t4:o4:1
# text = Cheerful and hungry now
1	Cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

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