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title: Looking back: in chapter III, who were the faces in the holes and th… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter III, who were the faces in the holes and the whistling in the Wild Wood? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» of the books course of Mova
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: in chapter III, who were the faces in the holes and the whistling in the Wild Wood?

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

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter III, who were the faces in the holes and the whistling in the Wild Wood?
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	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	21	flat	_	_
21	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	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 and the faces and the whistling in the Wild Wood | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | chapter and the faces and the whistling in the Wild Wood | the faces |  | the holes |  |  | 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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Stoats chasing the old Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t10:o1:1
# text = Stoats chasing the old Rat
1	Stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	chasing	chase	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | gerund | Stoats *not said here* | the old Rat |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Wild Wood animals, hunting the frightened Mole through the dark trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t10:o2:1
# text = The Wild Wood animals, hunting the frightened Mole through the dark trees
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	3	flat	_	_
3	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund | the Wood animals *not said here* | the frightened Mole |  | the dark trees |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mole=Theme through tree=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Weasels hunting Toad at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t10:o3:1
# text = Weasels hunting Toad at night
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund | Weasels *not said here* | Toad |  |  | night |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The Wild Wood animals, hunting the frightened Mole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t10:o4:1
# text = The Wild Wood animals, hunting the frightened Mole
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	3	flat	_	_
3	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	hunting	hunt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunt** | gerund | the Wood animals *not said here* | the frightened Mole |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme |

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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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