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title: Looking back: which other traveller in this book loved speed and mac… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: which other traveller in this book loved speed and machines, not ships? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Test 12 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

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Looking back: which other traveller in this book loved speed and machines, not ships?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking · **What happens:** look back, traveller, love · **To what, where:** book, speed

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 59 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All (the voyage and lunch by the road)» 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/59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t12:1
# text = Looking back: which other traveller in this book loved speed and machines, not ships?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	traveller	traveller	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	ships	ship	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **traveller** |  |  |  |  | this book |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **love** | past | Looking | speed and machines and ships |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer speed=Stimulus |

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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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The Badger, who rode the fast train all the way to the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t12:o1:1
# text = The Badger, who rode the fast train all the way to the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | the Badger | the fast train |  | the sea |  | all way *obl:unmarked* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent train=Theme to sea=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad, who drove the motor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t12:o2:1
# text = Toad, who drove the motor
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | past | Toad | the motor |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motor=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad, with his motor-cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t12:o3:1
# text = Toad, with his motor-cars
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toad, who loved his motor-cars and sped about the countryside with reckless joy in his cart and aeroplane

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t12:o4:1
# text = Toad, who loved his motor-cars and sped about the countryside with reckless joy in his cart and aeroplane
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
6	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sped	speed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	countryside	countryside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	reckless	reckless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	aeroplane	aeroplane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | Toad | Toad's motor cars |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |
| 2 | **speed** | past | Toad *not said here* |  |  | Toad's cart and aeroplane |  | about the countryside; with reckless joy | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about countryside=Trajectory |

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