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title: Looking back: which flower «arrived early» in the summer pageant of… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: which flower «arrived early» in the summer pageant of chapter III, and now fringes the bank? Test 11 · ★ 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 depende
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

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Looking back: which flower «arrived early» in the summer pageant of chapter III, and now fringes the bank?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, flower, arrive, fringe · **To what, where:** summer pageant, bank

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t11:1
# text = Looking back: which flower «arrived early» in the summer pageant of chapter III, and now fringes the bank?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	flower	flower	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pageant	pageant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	15	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
20	fringes	fringe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	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 | **flower** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **arrive** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  | the summer pageant of chapter |  | early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **fringe** | present | Looking | the bank |  |  | now |  | tree rules |

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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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Water-lily flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t11:o1:1
# text = Water-lily flowers
1	Water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	lily	lily	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Purple loosestrife, which grew tall along the bank in the summer pageant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t11:o2:1
# text = Purple loosestrife, which grew tall along the bank in the summer pageant
1	Purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	loosestrife	loosestrife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	pageant	pageant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past | Purple loosestrife |  |  | the summer pageant |  | along the bank; tall *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along bank=Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Purple loosestrife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t11:o3:1
# text = Purple loosestrife
1	Purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	loosestrife	loosestrife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Purple loosestrife, which had come into flower early on the banks of the river at the end of the summer

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t11:o4:1
# text = Purple loosestrife, which had come into flower early on the banks of the river at the end of the summer
1	Purple	purple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	loosestrife	loosestrife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past · perfect | Purple loosestrife |  |  | flower | at the end of the summer | on the banks of the river; early *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into flower=Initial\_Location |

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