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description: Looking back: in chapter VIII, part 1, Toad praised his friends in the cell. Now, in his confession, what does he call himself? Test 12 · ★ 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
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

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Looking back: in chapter VIII, part 1, Toad praised his friends in the cell. Now, in his confession, what does he call himself?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, praise, call, confess · **To what, where:** friends, cell, Toad, confession · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VIII, part 1, Toad praised his friends in the cell.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VIII, part 1, Toad praised his friends in the cell.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
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	VIII	VIII	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	praised	praise	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cell	cell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	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* |  |  |  |  | in chapter and part | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **praise** | past | Toad | Toad's friends |  | the cell |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |

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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:* Now, in his confession, what does he call himself?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t12:2
# text = Now, in his confession, what does he call himself?
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	confession	confession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present · do-support | Toad | Toad |  | Toad's confession | now |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme himself=Result |
| 2 | **confess** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom confession «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«the well-known and popular Mr. Toad»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t12:o1:1
# text = «the well-known and popular Mr. Toad»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:desc	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«the well-known, popular and most generous Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, Esquire»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t12:o2:1
# text = «the well-known, popular and most generous Mr. Toad of Toad Hall, Esquire»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	10	advmod	_	_
10	generous	generous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
11	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:desc	_	_
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	Esquire	Esquire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** *in a quote* | participle |  | popular Toad  Mr. of Toad Hall and Esquire |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«the celebrated and honourable Mr. Toad»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t12:o3:1
# text = «the celebrated and honourable Mr. Toad»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	honourable	honourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:desc	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | honourable *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«the wrongly accused, innocent and deeply misunderstood Mr. Toad of the Riverbank»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:t12:o4:1
# text = «the wrongly accused, innocent and deeply misunderstood Mr. Toad of the Riverbank»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	accused	accuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	innocent	innocent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	deeply	deeply	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	misunderstood	misunderstand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:desc	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Riverbank	Riverbank	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accuse** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  | wrongly *property* | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **misunderstand** *in a quote* | past |  | Toad  Mr. of the Riverbank |  |  |  | deeply *property* | vn comprehend-87.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus |

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