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title: Looking back: what did the Rat take into the Wild Wood to find the M… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: what did the Rat take into the Wild Wood to find the Mole? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 q
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

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Looking back: what did the Rat take into the Wild Wood to find the Mole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, take, find · **To what, where:** Wild Wood, Mole

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t12:1
# text = Looking back: what did the Rat take into the Wild Wood to find the Mole?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	12	flat	_	_
12	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **take** | past · do-support | the Rat |  |  | the Wild Wood |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Theme into wood=Destination |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | the Rat *not said here* | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two pistols and a stout cudgel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t12:o1:1
# text = Two pistols and a stout cudgel
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stout	stout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two pistols, a stout cudgel, a lantern, a rope, and a basket of cold food for the journey

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t12:o2:1
# text = Two pistols, a stout cudgel, a lantern, a rope, and a basket of cold food for the journey
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stout	stout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A map and some bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t12:o3:1
# text = A map and some bread
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some bread and a warm blanket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t12:o4:1
# text = Some bread and a warm blanket
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	blanket	blanket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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