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title: Looking back: in chapter VIII, who helped Toad get the washerwoman's… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VIII, who helped Toad get the washerwoman's dress? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Test 8 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

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Looking back: in chapter VIII, who helped Toad get the washerwoman's dress?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chapter, Toad · **What happens:** look back, help, get · **To what, where:** Toad, dress

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This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t8:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VIII, who helped Toad get the washerwoman's dress?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	csubj	_	_
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	9	nsubj	_	_
6	VIII	VIII	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **help** | past | chapter | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent toad=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | Toad *not said here* | the washerwoman's dress |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dress=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 {#o1}

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The prison chaplain, whose sister ran the laundry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t8:o1:1
# text = The prison chaplain, whose sister ran the laundry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chaplain	chaplain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	laundry	laundry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the prison chaplain | the laundry |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme laundry=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The gaoler

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t8:o2:1
# text = The gaoler
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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The gaoler's daughter, whose aunt was a washerwoman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t8:o3:1
# text = The gaoler's daughter, whose aunt was a washerwoman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the gaoler's daughter and the gaoler's daughter and daughter's aunt's aunt | a washerwoman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A policeman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:t8:o4:1
# text = A policeman
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	policeman	policeman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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