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title: Ethan: «the Otter rocks up with his tracking skills and follows the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ethan: «the Otter rocks up with his tracking skills and follows the footprints.» (rock up = arrive) Put it right. Test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» of the books course of Mova's pri
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# Test 1 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

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Ethan: «the Otter rocks up with his tracking skills and follows the footprints.» (rock up = arrive) Put it right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rock · **What happens:** follow, arrive, put · **To what, where:** footprints, it

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This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» 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/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ethan: «the Otter rocks up with his tracking skills and follows the footprints.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t1:1
# text = Ethan: «the Otter rocks up with his tracking skills and follows the footprints.»
1	Ethan	Ethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	tracking	tracking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** *in a quote* | present |  | the footprints |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footprint=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* (rock up = arrive) Put it right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t1:2
# text = (rock up = arrive) Put it right.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	5	punct	_	_
5	arrive	arrive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
7	Put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | infinitive | rock |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | infinitive | rock *not said here* | it |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He followed the tracks straight through the Wild Wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t1:o1:1
# text = He followed the tracks straight through the Wild Wood
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	9	flat	_	_
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | He | the tracks |  | the Wild Wood |  | straight *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent track=Theme through wood=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He found their tracks easily.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t1:o2:1
# text = He found their tracks easily.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | He | their tracks |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The snow hid tracks, so he went to the wrong house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t1:o3:1
# text = The snow hid tracks, so he went to the wrong house
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	house	house	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** | past | the snow | tracks |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Patient |
| 2 | **go** | past | snow |  |  | the wrong house |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Snow covered the tracks; he just guessed they'd be at Badger's

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t1:o4:1
# text = Snow covered the tracks; he just guessed they'd be at Badger's
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	covered	cover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	guessed	guess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cover** | past | Snow | the tracks |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme track=Destination |
| 2 | **guess** | past | Snow |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | would | tracks *= track* |  |  |  |  | at Badger | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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