--- title: Looking back: who said in chapter VI that talking would never cure T… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: who said in chapter VI that talking would never cure Toad, because «He'll say anything»? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/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 VIII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve… Looking back: who said in chapter VI that talking would never cure Toad, because «He'll say anything»? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, say, talk, not cure · **To what, where:** chapter, Toad, anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» 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/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t11:1 # text = Looking back: who said in chapter VI that talking would never cure Toad, because «He'll say anything»? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 VI VI NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 7 flat _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 nsubj _ _ 11 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 14 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 because because SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 17 « « PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 21 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 » » PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | chapter | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **talk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **cure** | would | | Toad | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer toad=Source | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | future | Toad | anything | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=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} The Water Rat, when he sat talking in the river-bank parlour ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t11:o1:1 # text = The Water Rat, when he sat talking in the river-bank parlour 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 talking talk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 11 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 parlour parlour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the Water Rat | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **talk** | gerund | the Water Rat *not said here* | | | the bank parlour | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Badger, the wise and sensible old friend ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t11:o2:1 # text = Badger, the wise and sensible old friend 1 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 sensible sensible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Badger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t11:o3:1 # text = Badger 1 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The Rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t11:o4:1 # text = The Rat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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