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title: Looking back: what did Toad do the day after the caravan crash, at t… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: what did Toad do the day after the caravan crash, at the end of chapter II? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the…

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Looking back: what did Toad do the day after the caravan crash, at the end of chapter II?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, do · **To what, where:** end

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 45 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 1: Mr. Toad (the hour of Toad, and off with those motor-clothes!)» 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/45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t9:1
# text = Looking back: what did Toad do the day after the caravan crash, at the end of chapter II?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	after	after	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	19	flat	_	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 |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | Toad |  |  |  | at the end of chapter; after the caravan crash; day |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Went up to Town and ordered an expensive motor-car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t9:o1:1
# text = Went up to Town and ordered an expensive motor-car
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past |  |  | Town |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **order** | past |  | a expensive motor car |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Walked home slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t9:o2:1
# text = Walked home slowly
1	Walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past |  |  |  |  |  | home, slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Went up to Town, ordered an expensive car from the dealers, and sent for a chauffeur too

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t9:o3:1
# text = Went up to Town, ordered an expensive car from the dealers, and sent for a chauffeur too
1	Went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Town	Town	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dealers	dealer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chauffeur	chauffeur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past |  |  | Town |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **order** | past |  | a expensive car |  | the dealers |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent car=Theme from dealer=Source |
| 3 | **send** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | for a chauffeur | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sold the caravan and bought a bicycle in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:45-willows-ch6-part1-the-hour-of-toad:t9:o4:1
# text = Sold the caravan and bought a bicycle in town
1	Sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past |  | the caravan |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** | past |  | a bicycle |  | town |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bicycle=Theme |

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