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description: Looking back: in chapter I the Mole tipped the boat over. What can he do on the river by now? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

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Looking back: in chapter I the Mole tipped the boat over. What can he do on the river by now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Mole · **What happens:** look back, tip over, do · **To what, where:** boat, chapter, river

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter I the Mole tipped the boat over.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I the Mole tipped the boat over.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	over	over	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 | **tip over** | past | I | the boat |  | chapter |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent boat=Theme in chapter=Destination |

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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 can he do on the river by now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t11:2
# text = What can he do on the river by now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | can | Mole |  |  | the river |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He rows strongly and can swim across now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t11:o1:1
# text = He rows strongly and can swim across now
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rows	row	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
7	across	across	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **row** | present | He |  |  |  |  | strongly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **swim** | can | He *not said here* |  |  |  | now | across *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Steer a boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t11:o2:1
# text = Steer a boat
1	Steer	steer	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steer** | imperative | you *not said here* | a boat |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Row and steer well, as the Rat taught him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t11:o3:1
# text = Row and steer well, as the Rat taught him
1	Row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	steer	steer	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steer** | present | Row |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the Rat |  | Row |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He can swim, and he can row now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t11:o4:1
# text = He can swim, and he can row now
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	row	row	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | can | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **row** | can | he |  |  |  | now |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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