--- title: Looking back: before motor-cars, which crazes did Toad have, as the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: before motor-cars, which crazes did Toad have, as the Rat told the Mole in chapter I? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/t11/) [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 IV, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b… Looking back: before motor-cars, which crazes did Toad have, as the Rat told the Mole in chapter I? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** motor cars, Rat · **What happens:** look back, craze, have, tell · **To what, where:** Mole, chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t11:1 # text = Looking back: before motor-cars, which crazes did Toad have, as the Rat told the Mole in chapter I? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 7 punct _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 crazes craze VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 iobj _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | motor cars *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **craze** | present | motor cars | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | past · do-support | motor cars | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Rat | | the Mole | chapter | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient | 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 {#o1} Sailing, then gardening, then house-painting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t11:o1:1 # text = Sailing, then gardening, then house-painting 1 Sailing sail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 gardening garden VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 painting painting NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | gerund | | house painting | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **garden** | gerund | | | | | then | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sailing, then punting, then house-boating ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t11:o2:1 # text = Sailing, then punting, then house-boating 1 Sailing sail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 punting punt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 boating boating NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | gerund | | house boating | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **punt** | gerund | | | | | then | | vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Fishing, then rowing, then swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t11:o3:1 # text = Fishing, then rowing, then swimming 1 Fishing fishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 rowing row VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 7 swimming swim VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **row** | gerund | | | | | then | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **swim** | gerund | | | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Sailing only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t11:o4:1 # text = Sailing only 1 Sailing sail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sail** | gerund | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | **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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