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title: Why does the Mole suggest poetry? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Mole suggest poetry? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

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Why does the Mole suggest poetry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** suggest · **To what, where:** poetry

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» 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/60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t5:1
# text = Why does the Mole suggest poetry?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	suggest	suggest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suggest** *speech: suggest* | present · do-support | the Mole | poetry |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent poetry=Topic |

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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 {#o1}

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It gives the Rat something of his own to do, instead of brooding on the sea, and turns his restless mind toward home and rhyme

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t5:o1:1
# text = It gives the Rat something of his own to do, instead of brooding on the sea, and turns his restless mind toward home and rhyme
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	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	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	14	mark	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	brooding	brood	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	restless	restless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	rhyme	rhyme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | something |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **brood** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | on the sea | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on sea=Topic |
| 4 | **turn** | present |  | his restless mind |  | home and rhyme |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mind=Theme toward home=Trajectory |
| 5 | **mind** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because the Rat loves poems and wants to be famous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t5:o2:1
# text = Because the Rat loves poems and wants to be famous
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loves	love	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	poems	poem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | the Rat | poems |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poem=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | present | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | famous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Rat must write a long epic poem about the Sea Rat's voyages across the wide grey ocean and send it to the king

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t5:o3:1
# text = The Rat must write a long epic poem about the Sea Rat's voyages across the wide grey ocean and send it to the king
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	epic	epic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	poem	poem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	voyages	voyage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | must | the Rat | a long epic poem |  | the wide grey ocean |  | about the Sea Rat's voyages | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent poem=Recipient about voyage=Topic |
| 2 | **send** | infinitive | the Rat *not said here* | Rat | the king |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to king=Destination |
| 3 | **voyage** |  | the Sea Rat |  |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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It gives the Rat something of his own to do, instead of brooding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:t5:o4:1
# text = It gives the Rat something of his own to do, instead of brooding
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	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	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	brooding	brooding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | It | something |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive |  | something *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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