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title: Looking back: in chapter IV, the Badger «never said, “I told you so”… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

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Looking back: in chapter IV, the Badger «never said, “I told you so”». Who says «Told you so» now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Badger, I · **What happens:** look back, not say, tell, say · **To what, where:** you · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter IV, the Badger «never said, “I told you so”».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t7:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IV, the Badger «never said, “I told you so”».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	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	IV	IV	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	16	iobj	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Badger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | I |  | you |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

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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:* Who says «Told you so» now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t7:2
# text = Who says «Told you so» now?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past |  |  | you |  | now |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Rat, who says it to Mole on the way home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t7:o1:1
# text = The Rat, who says it to Mole on the way home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Rat | it | Mole | the way |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to mole=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t7:o2:1
# text = The Rat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Mole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t7:o3:1
# text = The Mole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t7:o4:1
# text = The Badger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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