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# Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…

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Looking back: in chapter I, which riverside creatures did the Rat complain were «always wanting you to do something»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** riverside creatures, Rat, you · **What happens:** look back, do, complain, want · **To what, where:** you, something · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, which riverside creatures did the Rat complain were «always wanting you to do something»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	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	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	10	det	_	_
9	riverside	riverside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	complain	complain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	18	advmod	_	_
18	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	_	_
21	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
22	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | past | which riverside creatures |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **complain** *speech: other* | present | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **want** *in a quote* | past · progressive |  | you |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **do** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | something |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Eventuality |

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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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Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks, moorhens and the heron that always stands by the weir

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t13:o1:1
# text = Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks, moorhens and the heron that always stands by the weir
1	Otters	otter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	kingfishers	kingfisher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dabchicks	dabchick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	moorhens	moorhen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	heron	heron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	13	advmod	_	_
13	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	weir	weir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | the heron |  |  |  |  | by the weir; always *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by weir=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Badgers, weasels and foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t13:o2:1
# text = Badgers, weasels and foxes
1	Badgers	badger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Moles, hedgehogs, badgers and stoats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t13:o3:1
# text = Moles, hedgehogs, badgers and stoats
1	Moles	mole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	badgers	badger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks and moorhens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t13:o4:1
# text = Otters, kingfishers, dabchicks and moorhens
1	Otters	otter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	kingfishers	kingfisher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	dabchicks	dabchick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	moorhens	moorhen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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