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title: Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say lies beyond the Wil… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say lies beyond the Wild Wood? Test 7 · ★★★ 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 pragmatics of th
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say lies beyond the Wild Wood?

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**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

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t7:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, what did the Rat say lies beyond the Wild Wood?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	csubj	_	_
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	0	root	_	_
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	parataxis	_	_
13	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	beyond	beyond	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	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the Rat | chapter |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme lie=Manner |

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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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Another wood full of wicked animals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t7:o1:1
# text = Another wood full of wicked animals
1	Another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Something that doesn't matter, the far lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t7:o2:1
# text = Something that doesn't matter, the far lands
1	Something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t7:o3:1
# text = The sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The Wide World — «something that doesn't matter»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t7:o4:1
# text = The Wide World — «something that doesn't matter»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	3	appos	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** *in a quote* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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