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title: Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends wise and clever. Has he stopped boasting by now? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency
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# Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adve…

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Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends wise and clever. Has he stopped boasting by now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, call, start, stop, boast · **To what, where:** friends, chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 53 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 2: Toad's Adventures (the washerwoman's dress)» 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/53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends wise and clever.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t13:1
# text = Looking back: at the start of chapter VIII, Toad called his friends wise and clever.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	VIII	VIII	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the start of chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at start=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | past | Toad |  | Toad's friends |  |  | wise *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
| 3 | **start** |  |  | chapter |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Has he stopped boasting by now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t13:2
# text = Has he stopped boasting by now?
1	Has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	boasting	boast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Yes, he has learned humility now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t13:o1:1
# text = Yes, he has learned humility now
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	humility	humility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · perfect | he | humility |  |  | now |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent humility=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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No: he still boasts about his own clever plans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t13:o2:1
# text = No: he still boasts about his own clever plans
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	boasts	boast	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | present | he |  |  |  | still | about his own clever plans | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about plan=Topic |
| 2 | **plan** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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No: with a little comfort his pride is back, as with the figure joke

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t13:o3:1
# text = No: with a little comfort his pride is back, as with the figure joke
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	comfort	comfort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | his pride |  |  |  |  | back *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pride** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, completely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:53-willows-ch8-part2-the-washerwoman:t13:o4:1
# text = Yes, completely
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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