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title: Looking back: in chapter IX, part 2, the swallows said spring calls… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter IX, part 2, the swallows said spring calls them back to England. What called the Sea Rat inland? Test 13 · ★ 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 de
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# Test 13 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 4: Wayfarers All…

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Looking back: in chapter IX, part 2, the swallows said spring calls them back to England. What called the Sea Rat inland?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** swallows, spring · **What happens:** look back, say, call back, call · **To what, where:** swallows, England, Sea Rat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter IX, part 2, the swallows said spring calls them back to England.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IX, part 2, the swallows said spring calls them back to England.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	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	IX	ix	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	swallows	swallow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	ccomp	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	England	England	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | the swallows *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter and part | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the swallows |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **call back** *speech: assert* | present | spring | swallows *= swallow* | England |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Topic to england=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:* What called the Sea Rat inland?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t13:2
# text = What called the Sea Rat inland?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	_	_
6	inland	inland	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A letter from home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t13:o1:1
# text = A letter from home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The smell of the first wild flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t13:o2:1
# text = The smell of the first wild flowers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	7	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** |  | the first wild flowers |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The «first magical hints ... of another Spring»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t13:o3:1
# text = The «first magical hints ... of another Spring»
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
4	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	hints	hint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	...	...	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	Spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sound of the spring rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:59-willows-ch9-part4-lunch-by-the-road:t13:o4:1
# text = The sound of the spring rain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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