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title: Looking back: in which chapter did the Mole first see a river at all? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in which chapter did the Mole first see a river at all? Test 14 · ★ 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 14 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

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Looking back: in which chapter did the Mole first see a river at all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, see · **To what, where:** river, all · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t14:1
# text = Looking back: in which chapter did the Mole first see a river at all?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	advmod	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 | **see** | past · do-support | Looking | a river |  | all |  | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer river=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Chapter I, the day he left his spring-cleaning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t14:o1:1
# text = Chapter I, the day he left his spring-cleaning
1	Chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chapter** |  | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | past | Chapter | Chapter's spring cleaning |  |  | day |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaning=Theme |
| 3 | **clean** |  | Chapter |  |  |  |  |  | nom cleaning «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Chapter III, when he first met the Badger in the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t14:o2:1
# text = Chapter III, when he first met the Badger in the wood
1	Chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	advmod	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **meet** | past | Chapter | the Badger |  | the wood |  | first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Chapter II

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t14:o3:1
# text = Chapter II
1	Chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chapter IV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t14:o4:1
# text = Chapter IV
1	Chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	IV	IV	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	1	flat	_	_
```

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

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