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title: Looking back: where was Toad when we last saw him, at the end of cha… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: where was Toad when we last saw him, at the end of chapter VI? Test 13 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at…

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Looking back: where was Toad when we last saw him, at the end of chapter VI?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** look back, be, see · **To what, where:** Toad, end

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t13:1
# text = Looking back: where was Toad when we last saw him, at the end of chapter VI?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	last	last	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 | **is a** | past |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **see** | past | we | Toad |  |  | at the end of chapter | last *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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Trapped in a cold cellar of a grand house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t13:o1:1
# text = Trapped in a cold cellar of a grand house
1	Trapped	trap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trap** | participle |  |  |  | a cold cellar of a grand house |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cellar=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Locked in the grimmest dungeon of an old castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t13:o2:1
# text = Locked in the grimmest dungeon of an old castle
1	Locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	grimmest	grim	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  | the grimmest dungeon of a old castle |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lost in a dark cave near the river bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t13:o3:1
# text = Lost in a dark cave near the river bank
1	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  | a dark cave near the river bank |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in cave=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chained up in a gloomy old cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:t13:o4:1
# text = Chained up in a gloomy old cellar
1	Chained	chain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain up** | participle |  |  |  | a gloomy old cellar |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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