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title: So the Rat reasoned «door-scraper → door» in chapter III and now «sa… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the Rat reasoned «door-scraper → door» in chapter III and now «sardine-opener → …». What? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

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So the Rat reasoned «door-scraper → door» in chapter III and now «sardine-opener → …». What?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** reason · **To what, where:** scraper → door, chapter

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside)» 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/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* So the Rat reasoned «door-scraper → door» in chapter III and now «sardine-opener → …».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t7:1
# text = So the Rat reasoned «door-scraper → door» in chapter III and now «sardine-opener → …».
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reasoned	reason	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
9	→	→	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
14	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
16	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
17	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	sardine	sardine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	opener	opener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	→	→	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
22	…	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reason** | past | the Rat | scraper → door |  | chapter and opener → |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t7:2
# text = What?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A tin in the larder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t7:o1:1
# text = A tin in the larder
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	larder	larder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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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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Sardines somewhere in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t7:o2:1
# text = Sardines somewhere in the house
1	Sardines	sardine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad's cabin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t7:o3:1
# text = Toad's cabin
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A cellar full of old wine bottles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t7:o4:1
# text = A cellar full of old wine bottles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bottles	bottle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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