--- title: Looking back: who first told the Mole that nothing is «half so much… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: who first told the Mole that nothing is «half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats»? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at… Looking back: who first told the Mole that nothing is «half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats»? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nothing, Mole · **What happens:** look back, tell, be, do, mess · **To what, where:** Mole, half · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t10:1 # text = Looking back: who first told the Mole that nothing is «half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats»? 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 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 6 advmod _ _ 6 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 13 nsubj _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 « « PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 8 acl _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 much much ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 ccomp _ _ 17 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 xcomp _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 simply simply ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 messing mess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 21 about about ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 boats boat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | the Mole | | | | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | nothing | half | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | gerund | the Mole *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mess** *in a quote* | gerund | the Mole *not said here* | | | | | about boats; simply *property* | tree rules | 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} The Badger, at dinner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t10:o1:1 # text = The Badger, at dinner 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Rat, on the Mole's first day by the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t10:o2:1 # text = The Rat, on the Mole's first day by the river 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 9 amod _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Rat, on a warm evening at the weir ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t10:o3:1 # text = The Rat, on a warm evening at the weir 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 warm warm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 weir weir NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Toad, on the Mole's first visit to the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t10:o4:1 # text = Toad, on the Mole's first visit to the river 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 amod _ _ 8 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **visit** | | the Mole | | | | | to the river | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | **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. 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