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title: Looking back: who said at the end of chapter VI that Toad might be b… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: who said at the end of chapter VI that Toad might be brought back «between two policemen»? Test 13 · ★ 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 d
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# Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

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Looking back: who said at the end of chapter VI that Toad might be brought back «between two policemen»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** look back, say, bring back · **To what, where:** end, Toad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t13:1
# text = Looking back: who said at the end of chapter VI that Toad might be brought back «between two policemen»?
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	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	10	flat	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	between	between	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	policemen	policeman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  |  | at the end of chapter |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bring back** | might · passive |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination |

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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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Otter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t13:o1:1
# text = Otter
1	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ratty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t13:o2:1
# text = Ratty
1	Ratty	Ratty	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t13:o3:1
# text = Badger
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	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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Toad himself, speaking sadly to the Mole in the dark cellar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:t13:o4:1
# text = Toad himself, speaking sadly to the Mole in the dark cellar
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
5	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | Toad  Toad *not said here* |  |  | the dark cellar |  | to the Mole; sadly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mole=Co-Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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