--- title: Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say about rabbits? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say about rabbits? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/t6/) [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/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t… Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say about rabbits? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, say · **To what, where:** chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t6:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say about rabbits? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 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 , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 obj _ _ 9 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Rat | chapter | | | | about rabbits | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | 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} «Good rabbits.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t6:o1:1 # text = «Good rabbits.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «Rabbits are clever, but mostly rude» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t6:o2:1 # text = «Rabbits are clever, but mostly rude» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 mostly mostly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Rabbits | | | | | clever *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** *in a quote* | | Rabbits *not said here* | | | | | mostly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} «Some are kind, but most are rude» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t6:o3:1 # text = «Some are kind, but most are rude» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 4 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 9 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Some | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | most | | | | | rude *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} «Some of 'em, but rabbits are a mixed lot» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t6:o4:1 # text = «Some of 'em, but rabbits are a mixed lot» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 11 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 'em they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 rabbits rabbit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 mixed mixed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 lot lot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 » » PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Some | a mixed lot | | | | | tree rules | **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. - ← previous: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p…, test 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/t5/) - next →: [The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p…, test 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/t7/) - ↑ back to [The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/)