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title: Looking back: in chapter VI, where did Toad first steal this motor-c… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VI, where did Toad first steal this motor-car? Test 9 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, where did Toad first steal this motor-car?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this · **What happens:** look back, do, steal, car · **To what, where:** Toad

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This is test 9 · ★★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t9:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, where did Toad first steal this motor-car?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	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	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
12	steal	steal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
13	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	nsubj	_	_
14	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **do** | past |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Eventuality |
| 3 | **steal** | present |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **car** |  | this |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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From the yard of the Red Lion inn, while its owners sat at their lunch in the parlour upstairs and chatted

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t9:o1:1
# text = From the yard of the Red Lion inn, while its owners sat at their lunch in the parlour upstairs and chatted
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	inn	Inn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	parlour	parlour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
20	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	chatted	chat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | inn's owners |  |  | owners's lunch |  | from the yard of the Red Lion inn; in the parlour; upstairs *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at lunch=Location |
| 2 | **chat** *speech: other* | participle | inn's owners *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Outside the Red Lion, while the owners were in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t9:o2:1
# text = Outside the Red Lion, while the owners were in town
1	Outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the owners |  |  | town |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From the yard of the Red Lion, while its owners ate lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t9:o3:1
# text = From the yard of the Red Lion, while its owners ate lunch
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Lion's owners | lunch |  |  |  | from the yard of the Red Lion | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From the courtyard of an inn, when the owners went out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:t9:o4:1
# text = From the courtyard of an inn, when the owners went out
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	owners	owner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go out** | past | the owners |  |  | the courtyard of a inn |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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