--- title: The Mole praises the Rat: «You ought to go where you'll be properly… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics description: The Mole praises the Rat: «You ought to go where you'll be properly appreciated». How does the Rat answer? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 --- [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/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo… The Mole praises the Rat: «You ought to go where you'll be properly appreciated». How does the Rat answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole, You, Rat answer · **What happens:** praise, go, appreciate, be · **To what, where:** Rat, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The Mole praises the Rat: «You ought to go where you'll be properly appreciated». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t7:1 # text = The Mole praises the Rat: «You ought to go where you'll be properly appreciated». 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 praises praise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 14 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 16 properly properly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 appreciated appreciate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **praise** | present | the Mole | the Rat | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent rat=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | ought | You | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **appreciate** *in a quote* | future · passive | | you | | | | properly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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:* How does the Rat answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t7:2 # text = How does the Rat answer? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the Rat answer | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He thanks the Mole and tells him to stop talking and ring the bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t7:o1:1 # text = He thanks the Mole and tells him to stop talking and ring the bell 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thanks thank VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 xcomp _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 ring ring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | He | the Mole | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | He *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **talk** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **ring** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the bell | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He tells him to stop talking and ring the bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t7:o2:1 # text = He tells him to stop talking and ring the bell 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 ring ring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | He | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **talk** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **ring** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the bell | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He says thanks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t7:o3:1 # text = He says thanks 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He tells him to be quiet and open the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t7:o4:1 # text = He tells him to be quiet and open the gate 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 cop _ _ 6 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | He | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **open** | infinitive | He *not said here* | the gate | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme | **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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