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title: Looking back: in chapter I, «Brown little face, with whiskers... It… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, «Brown little face, with whiskers... It was the Water Rat!» What is the same now? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» of the books course of Mova's prima
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

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Looking back: in chapter I, «Brown little face, with whiskers... It was the Water Rat!» What is the same now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** chapter · **What happens:** look back, be · **To what, where:** Water Rat

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter I, «Brown little face, with whiskers...

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, «Brown little face, with whiskers...
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	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	1	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	whiskers	whisker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	...	...	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 |

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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:* It was the Water Rat!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t10:2
# text = It was the Water Rat!»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | chapter | the Water Rat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the same now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t10:3
# text = What is the same now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | now | same *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The same words describe Rat's face appearing in his hole — now for Toad

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t10:o1:1
# text = The same words describe Rat's face appearing in his hole — now for Toad
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	describe	describe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	appearing	appear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
13	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | the same words | Rat's face |  |  | now | for Toad | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme |
| 2 | **appear** | gerund | Rat's face *not said here* |  |  | Rat's hole |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hole=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toad's face looks the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t10:o2:1
# text = Toad's face looks the same
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Toad's face | the same |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme same=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Rat is describing the Mole's own face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t10:o3:1
# text = The Rat is describing the Mole's own face
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	describing	describe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · progressive | the Rat | the Mole's own face |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent face=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Toad is now the one looking through the hole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:t10:o4:1
# text = Toad is now the one looking through the hole
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Toad | the one |  |  | now |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | the one *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through the hole | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through hole=Theme |

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