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# Test 11 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…

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Looking back: in chapter VIII, which traveller met a fox at night who mocked his washing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, night, fox · **What happens:** look back, meet, mock, wash · **To what, where:** fox, washing

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 58 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All (the Sea Rat from Constantinople)» 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/58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VIII, which traveller met a fox at night who mocked his washing?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	_
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	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
10	met	meet	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fox	fox	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	mocked	mock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter and which traveller | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **meet** | past | Looking | a fox |  |  | night |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fox=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **mock** | past | night | fox's washing |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent washing=Theme |
| 4 | **wash** |  | fox |  |  |  |  |  | nom washing «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Toad, disguised as a farmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t11:o1:1
# text = Toad, disguised as a farmer
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	disguised	disguise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | participle |  | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  | as a farmer | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Rat, dressed as a sailor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t11:o2:1
# text = Rat, dressed as a sailor
1	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle |  | Rat *not said here* |  |  |  | as a sailor | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Toad, dressed as a washerwoman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t11:o3:1
# text = Toad, dressed as a washerwoman
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle |  | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  | as a washerwoman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toad, dressed as a washerwoman and carrying a basket of wet linen down the lane

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t11:o4:1
# text = Toad, dressed as a washerwoman and carrying a basket of wet linen down the lane
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	down	down	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dress** | participle |  | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  | as a washerwoman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund |  | a basket of wet linen |  |  |  | down the lane | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme |

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