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title: Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in chapter V the sardines. What's different this time? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

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Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in chapter V the sardines. What's different this time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, work out, be · **To what, where:** door scraper, chapter

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in chapter V the sardines.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III the Rat worked out the door-scraper; in chapter V the sardines.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	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	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
18	V	v	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sardines	sardine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **work out** | past | the Rat | the door scraper |  | chapter v the sardines |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scraper=Topic |

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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's different this time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t10:2
# text = What's different this time?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | time | different *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing changes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t10:o1:1
# text = Nothing changes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	_
2	changes	change	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Now the Mole is tricked again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t10:o2:1
# text = Now the Mole is tricked again
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | present · passive |  | the Mole |  |  | now; again |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad is caught

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t10:o3:1
# text = Toad is caught
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present · passive |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Now the clever Rat is fooled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:t10:o4:1
# text = Now the clever Rat is fooled
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	fooled	fool	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fool** | present · passive |  | the clever Rat |  |  | now |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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