--- title: Looking back: what did the Rat shout at the motor-car that wrecked t… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: what did the Rat shout at the motor-car that wrecked the caravan in chapter II? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/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/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve… Looking back: what did the Rat shout at the motor-car that wrecked the caravan in chapter II? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rat, motor car · **What happens:** look back, shout, wreck · **To what, where:** motor car, caravan, chapter This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» 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/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t11:1 # text = Looking back: what did the Rat shout at the motor-car that wrecked the caravan in chapter II? 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 : : PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 shout shout VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 wrecked wreck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 caravan caravan NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 chapter chapter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 II II NUM CD NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | the Rat | | | the motor car | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | | 3 | **wreck** | past | the motor car | the caravan | | chapter | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent caravan=Patient | 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} «You brutes! Mind the bend ahead!» *Sentence 1:* «You brutes! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t11:o1:1 # text = «You brutes! 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 brutes brute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Mind the bend ahead!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t11:o1:2 # text = Mind the bend ahead!» 1 Mind mind VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bend bend NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mind** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bend | | | | ahead *property* | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bend=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} «Dolts!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t11:o2:1 # text = «Dolts!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Dolts dolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «You villains! ... you — roadhogs!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t11:o3:1 # text = «You villains! ... you — roadhogs!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 villains villain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 5 ... ... PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 conj _ _ 7 — - PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 8 roadhogs roadhog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «Go away!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t11:o4:1 # text = «Go away!» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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