--- title: Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Otter sum Toad up? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Otter sum Toad up? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b… Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Otter sum Toad up? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** look back, do · **To what, where:** Otter sum This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t12:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter I, how did the Otter sum Toad up? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 9 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 sum sum NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past | | the Otter sum | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Eventuality | 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} «A good fellow, sadly» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t12:o1:1 # text = «A good fellow, sadly» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} «Such a good fellow, too … But no stability—especially in a boat!» *Sentence 1:* «Such a good fellow, too … ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t12:o2:1 # text = «Such a good fellow, too … 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 5 det:predet _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 8 … . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* But no stability—especially in a boat!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t12:o2:2 # text = But no stability—especially in a boat!» 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 3 det _ _ 3 stability stability NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 — - PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 especially especially ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} «Such a jolly fellow, but no stability» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t12:o3:1 # text = «Such a jolly fellow, but no stability» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 5 det:predet _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 jolly jolly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 stability stability NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «Such a good fellow, really, but a wild sort of boatman» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:t12:o4:1 # text = «Such a good fellow, really, but a wild sort of boatman» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 5 det:predet _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fellow fellow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 really really ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 boatman boatman NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 » » PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort** *in a quote* | | | boatman | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | **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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