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description: Looking back: in chapter IV, which line about Toad did the Badger say in winter? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

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Looking back: in chapter IV, which line about Toad did the Badger say in winter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, Badger · **What happens:** look back, do, say · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t6:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IV, which line about Toad did the Badger say in winter?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	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	1	obl	_	_
6	IV	IV	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	parataxis	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter and which line about Toad | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | Looking |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Badger |  |  |  | winter |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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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Keep him calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t6:o1:1
# text = Keep him calm
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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We will teach him to be sensible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t6:o2:1
# text = We will teach him to be sensible
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	teach	teach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | future | We |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | We *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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We'll make Toad be quite sensible

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t6:o3:1
# text = We'll make Toad be quite sensible
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	be	be	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | future | We | Toad |  |  |  | sensible *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | infinitive | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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«We'll make him be a sensible Toad»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t6:o4:1
# text = «We'll make him be a sensible Toad»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | future | We | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a sensible Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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