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# Test 10 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

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Looking back: in chapter V, what called the Mole, and where did it pull him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chapter V, Mole · **What happens:** look back, call, pull · **To what, where:** Mole, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 57 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All (the swallows and the call of the South)» 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/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter V, what called the Mole, and where did it pull him?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter V | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in v=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | past | chapter V | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient |
| 3 | **pull** | past · do-support | Mole | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |

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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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The spring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t10:o1:1
# text = The spring
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	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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His old home, pulling him back to it through the sunny spring air and the dusty road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t10:o2:1
# text = His old home, pulling him back to it through the sunny spring air and the dusty road
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull back** | gerund | His old home | him *= he* | it | the sunny spring air and the dusty road |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to it=Destination |

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

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His old home, pulling him back to it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t10:o3:1
# text = His old home, pulling him back to it
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull back** | gerund | His old home | him *= he* |  | it |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to it=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A smell of home pulling him back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t10:o4:1
# text = A smell of home pulling him back
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull back** | gerund | a smell of home *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Result |
| 2 | **smell** |  | home |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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