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title: Looking back: in chapter VI, after Toad escaped, why did Badger say… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, after Toad escaped, why did Badger say they should go on sleeping at Toad Hall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad, Badger, they · **What happens:** look back, escape, say, go, sleep · **To what, where:** Toad Hall · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, after Toad escaped, why did Badger say they should go on sleeping at Toad Hall?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	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	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	ccomp	_	_
19	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **go** | should | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **sleep** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  | Toad Hall |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Toad might be brought back «between two policemen» and they must be there to meet him

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t12:o1:1
# text = Toad might be brought back «between two policemen» and they must be there to meet him
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	policemen	policeman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	conj	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
18	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | might · passive |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | must | policemen *= policeman* |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **meet** | to-infinitive | policemen *= policeman* *not said here* | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Badger wanted them to sleep there because the weasels might attack the house again during the night

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t12:o2:1
# text = Badger wanted them to sleep there because the weasels might attack the house again during the night
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
15	during	during	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Badger | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **attack** | might | the weasels | the house |  |  | again; night |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Toad might be brought back «between two policemen»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t12:o3:1
# text = Toad might be brought back «between two policemen»
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	policemen	policeman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring back** | might · passive |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Badger wanted to watch the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t12:o4:1
# text = Badger wanted to watch the house
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Badger *not said here* | the house |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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