--- title: Looking back: in chapter II, who sat in the road murmuring «Poop-poo… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter II, who sat in the road murmuring «Poop-poop!» in a happy trance? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/t11/) [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/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at… Looking back: in chapter II, who sat in the road murmuring «Poop-poop!» in a happy trance? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chapter, road · **What happens:** look back, sit, murmur · **To what, where:** road, Poop poop, happy trance This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» 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/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t11:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter II, who sat in the road murmuring «Poop-poop!» in a happy trance? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 6 II II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 murmuring murmur VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 Poop poop NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 poop poop NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ! ! PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 trance trance NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | | | | | | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | | 2 | **sit** | past | chapter | | | the road | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location | | 3 | **murmur** *speech: other* | gerund | the road *not said here* | Poop poop | | a happy trance | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poop=Topic | 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} Toad, in the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t11:o1:1 # text = Toad, in the road 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Toad, after the motor-car wrecked the caravan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t11:o2:1 # text = Toad, after the motor-car wrecked the caravan 1 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 8 wrecked wreck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 caravan caravan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wreck** | past | Toad after the motor car | the caravan | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Mole, in a hedge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t11:o3:1 # text = The Mole, in a hedge 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Badger, after a cart overturned by the ford ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:t11:o4:1 # text = Badger, after a cart overturned by the ford 1 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cart cart NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 6 overturned overturn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ford ford NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overturn** | participle | | a cart *not said here* | | | | by the ford | tree rules | **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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