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title: Looking back: in chapter III, a rabbit ran past the Mole in the Wild… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter III, a rabbit ran past the Mole in the Wild Wood. What did he mutter? Test 5 · ★★★ 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, with t
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

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Looking back: in chapter III, a rabbit ran past the Mole in the Wild Wood. What did he mutter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** rabbit · **What happens:** look back, run, mutter · **To what, where:** Wild Wood

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter III, a rabbit ran past the Mole in the Wild Wood.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t5:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III, a rabbit ran past the Mole in the Wild Wood.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	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	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	past	past	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	17	flat	_	_
17	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | a rabbit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | past | a rabbit |  |  | the Wild Wood |  | past the Mole | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past mole=Trajectory |

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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:* What did he mutter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t5:2
# text = What did he mutter?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mutter	mutter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | rabbit |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«Run!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t5:o1:1
# text = «Run!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Run	Run	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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«Get out of this, you fool, get out!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t5:o2:1
# text = «Get out of this, you fool, get out!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	out	out	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get out** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | this |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fool** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get out** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Hurry up, get away from here!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t5:o3:1
# text = «Hurry up, get away from here!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Hurry	hurry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurry up** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get away** *in a quote* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Fool!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t5:o4:1
# text = «Fool!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Fool	fool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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