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title: ★★★ In chapter V a smell called the Mole home; here talk calls the R… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ★★★ In chapter V a smell called the Mole home; here talk calls the Rat away. Which is the right pair? Test 16 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 16 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 2: Wayfarers All…

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★★★ In chapter V a smell called the Mole home; here talk calls the Rat away. Which is the right pair?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** smell, talk · **What happens:** call, call away, be · **To what, where:** Mole, Rat, right pair · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ In chapter V a smell called the Mole home; here talk calls the Rat away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t16:1
# text = ★★★ In chapter V a smell called the Mole home; here talk calls the Rat away.
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	V	v	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	xcomp	_	_
12	home	home	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
15	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle | a smell *not said here* | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call away** *speech: assert* | present | talk |  | the Rat | here |  | away *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient |

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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:* Which is the right pair?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t16:2
# text = Which is the right pair?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the right pair |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mole: pushed outward; Rat: pushed inward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t16:o1:1
# text = Mole: pushed outward; Rat: pushed inward
1	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
4	outward	outward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	Rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pushed	push	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	inward	inward	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | outward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **push** | participle |  | pushed Rat *not said here* |  |  |  | inward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Mole: pulled homewards; Rat: pulled away from home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t16:o2:1
# text = Mole: pulled homewards; Rat: pulled away from home
1	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
4	homewards	homeward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	Rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  | homewards |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme |
| 2 | **pull away** | participle |  | pulled Rat *not said here* |  | home |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from home=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Mole: pulled away; Rat: pulled home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t16:o3:1
# text = Mole: pulled away; Rat: pulled home
1	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
6	Rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
9	home	home	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pull** | participle |  | pulled Rat *not said here* |  |  |  | home *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mole: lost; Rat: found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows:t16:o4:1
# text = Mole: lost; Rat: found
1	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Rat	rat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
7	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **find** | participle |  | lost Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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