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title: Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat felt a call in music he could… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat felt a call in music he could not resist. What calls the Sea Rat? Test 14 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 14 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 3: Wayfarers All…

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Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat felt a call in music he could not resist. What calls the Sea Rat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, feel, not resist, call · **To what, where:** call, music, Sea Rat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat felt a call in music he could not resist.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t14:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VII, the Rat felt a call in music he could not resist.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	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	VII	vii	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	felt	feel	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	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	resist	resist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl:relcl	_	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 | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | past | the Rat | a call |  | music |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent call=Theme in music=Location |
| 3 | **not** **resist** | could | Rat | music *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* What calls the Sea Rat?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t14:2
# text = What calls the Sea Rat?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present |  |  | the Sea Rat |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«the sweet call», back to the river and home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t14:o1:1
# text = «the sweet call», back to the river and home
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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«the old call», back to the sea and the South

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t14:o2:1
# text = «the old call», back to the sea and the South
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The South

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t14:o3:1
# text = The South
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«the new call», to the farm and rest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:58-willows-ch9-part3-the-sea-rat:t14:o4:1
# text = «the new call», to the farm and rest
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

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