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title: Looking back: how did the Mole cut his shin in chapter III? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: how did the Mole cut his shin in chapter III? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

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Looking back: how did the Mole cut his shin in chapter III?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** look back, do, cut · **To what, where:** shin, chapter

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» 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/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t11:1
# text = Looking back: how did the Mole cut his shin in chapter III?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut** | past | the Mole | Mole's shin |  | chapter |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shin=Product |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On an old broken stone by the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t11:o1:1
# text = On an old broken stone by the gate
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On Badger's door-scraper, which was hidden in the snow, when he hurried up to the front door

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t11:o2:1
# text = On Badger's door-scraper, which was hidden in the snow, when he hurried up to the front door
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	hurried	hurry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	up	up	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past · passive |  | Badger's door scraper |  | the snow |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in snow=Location |
| 2 | **hurry up** | past | Badger |  |  | Badger's door scraper |  | to the front door | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to door=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On Badger's door-scraper, hidden in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t11:o3:1
# text = On Badger's door-scraper, hidden in the snow
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | Badger's door scraper *not said here* |  | the snow |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
On a wire trap set by weasels, hidden deep in the snow near the entrance to the Wild Wood

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t11:o4:1
# text = On a wire trap set by weasels, hidden deep in the snow near the entrance to the Wild Wood
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	near	near	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	entrance	entrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	20	flat	_	_
20	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | a wire trap *not said here* |  |  |  | by weasels | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by weasel=Destination |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the snow |  | near the entrance to the Wild Wood; deep *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in snow=Location |

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