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# Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, who warned the Rat that Toad is «at his artfullest» when he seems quiet and good?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** chapter, Toad · **What happens:** look back, warn, be, seem · **To what, where:** Rat · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» 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/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, who warned the Rat that Toad is «at his artfullest» when he seems quiet and good?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
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	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	artfullest	artfull	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	22	mark	_	_
21	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
23	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	xcomp	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | chapter |  | the Rat |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rat=Recipient |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | artfull *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **seem** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t13:o1:1
# text = Badger
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t13:o2:1
# text = Toad
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Mole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t13:o3:1
# text = The Mole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	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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Otter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t13:o4:1
# text = Otter
1	Otter	Otter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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