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title: Looking back: in chapter III, what was «the Terror of the Wild Wood»… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter III, what was «the Terror of the Wild Wood» for the Mole? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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Looking back: in chapter III, what was «the Terror of the Wild Wood» for the Mole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chapter · **What happens:** look back, be · **To what, where:** chapter, Terror

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» 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/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t6:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III, what was «the Terror of the Wild Wood» for the Mole?
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	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Terror	Terror	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	16	flat	_	_
16	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
18	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  | chapter |  | for the Mole | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Location for mole=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | chapter | the Terror |  |  |  | of the Wild Wood | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Pattering feet that followed him in the dark night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t6:o1:1
# text = Pattering feet that followed him in the dark night
1	Pattering	patter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **patter** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | past | Pattering feet | him *= he* |  |  | night |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Loud whistling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t6:o2:1
# text = Loud whistling
1	Loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whistling in the dark, and the sound of many small feet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t6:o3:1
# text = Whistling in the dark, and the sound of many small feet
1	Whistling	whistle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whistle** | gerund |  | the sound of many small feet |  |  |  | in the dark | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in dark=Theme |

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

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Faces at holes, then whistling, then pattering feet closing in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t6:o4:1
# text = Faces at holes, then whistling, then pattering feet closing in
1	Faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	whistling	whistle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
9	pattering	patter	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	_
11	closing	close	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **whistle** | gerund | Faces at holes |  |  |  | then |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **patter** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **close in** | gerund | pattering feet *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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