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title: Looking back: in chapter VIII, in his dungeon, what did Toad call hi… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VIII, in his dungeon, what did Toad call his friends? Test 11 · ★★ of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Test 11 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: in chapter VIII, in his dungeon, what did Toad call his friends?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, call · **To what, where:** dungeon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» 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/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VIII, in his dungeon, what did Toad call his friends?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	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	VIII	VIII	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	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 | **call** | past · do-support | Toad | his dungeon |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme friend=Result |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«O wise old Badger! O clever, intelligent Rat and sensible Mole!»

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*Sentence 1:* «O wise old Badger!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t11:o1:1
# text = «O wise old Badger!
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* O clever, intelligent Rat and sensible Mole!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t11:o1:2
# text = O clever, intelligent Rat and sensible Mole!»
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	intelligent	intelligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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«O good friends, O kind Rat and clever Badger and Mole!»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t11:o2:1
# text = «O good friends, O kind Rat and clever Badger and Mole!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	O	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	8	case	_	_
7	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«O noble Mole, O wise Rat, and O silly Badger who scolds me!»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t11:o3:1
# text = «O noble Mole, O wise Rat, and O silly Badger who scolds me!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	noble	noble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
7	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	O	O	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
12	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	scolds	scold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
16	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** *in a quote* | present | O silly Badger | me |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«O wise old Badger! O clever Rat, and sensible Mole, who saved me from the dungeon and the stoats!»

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*Sentence 1:* «O wise old Badger!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t11:o4:1
# text = «O wise old Badger!
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
3	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* O clever Rat, and sensible Mole, who saved me from the dungeon and the stoats!»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:t11:o4:2
# text = O clever Rat, and sensible Mole, who saved me from the dungeon and the stoats!»
1	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
2	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | past | sensible Mole | me |  | the dungeon and the stoats |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent i=Theme from dungeon=Source |

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