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title: Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do when the Mole went… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do when the Mole went missing? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

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Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do when the Mole went missing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole, chapter · **What happens:** look back, do, go · **To what, where:** Rat

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» 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/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III, what did the Rat do when the Mole went missing?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	missing	missing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Mole *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | chapter | the Rat |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go** | present · do-support | the Mole |  |  |  |  | missing *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Took his pistols and cudgel, called Badger, and searched the whole Wild Wood through the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t10:o1:1
# text = Took his pistols and cudgel, called Badger, and searched the whole Wild Wood through the night
1	Took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	15	flat	_	_
15	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
16	through	through	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past |  | his pistols and cudgel |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **search** | past |  | the whole Wild Wood |  |  | night |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He sent a letter to Toad and waited by the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t10:o2:1
# text = He sent a letter to Toad and waited by the fire
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | He | a letter | Toad |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to toad=Destination |
| 2 | **wait** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the fire | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t10:o3:1
# text = Took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood
1	Took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	10	flat	_	_
10	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past |  | his pistols and cudgel |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme |
| 2 | **search** | past |  | the Wild Wood |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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He took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood until dawn, calling out for the Mole and Toad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t10:o4:1
# text = He took his pistols and cudgel and searched the Wild Wood until dawn, calling out for the Mole and Toad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	pistols	pistol	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	cudgel	cudgel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	11	flat	_	_
11	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	until	until	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | He | his pistols and cudgel |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme |
| 2 | **search** | past | He *not said here* | the Wild Wood |  |  | dawn |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location |
| 3 | **call out** *speech: assert* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the Mole and Toad | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S\_INF»: agent=Agent for mole=Recipient |

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