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title: Looking back: in chapter VI, Rat was tricked by Toad «playing at bei… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VI, Rat was tricked by Toad «playing at being» ill. How does Badger now handle Toad? Test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» of the books course
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, Rat was tricked by Toad «playing at being» ill. How does Badger now handle Toad?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad, Badger · **What happens:** look back, trick, play, handle · **To what, where:** Rat, Toad

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This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» 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/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VI, Rat was tricked by Toad «playing at being» ill.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, Rat was tricked by Toad «playing at being» ill.
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	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	playing	play	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
15	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
18	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 | **trick** | past · passive | Toad | Rat |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 3 | **play** *in a quote* | gerund | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* How does Badger now handle Toad?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t13:2
# text = How does Badger now handle Toad?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	handle	handle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **handle** | present · do-support | Badger | Toad |  |  | now |  | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He lets Toad roam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t13:o1:1
# text = He lets Toad roam
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	roam	roam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | He | Toad roam |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roam=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He treats Toad as a child

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t13:o2:1
# text = He treats Toad as a child
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	treats	treat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | present | He | Toad |  |  |  | as a child | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent toad=Theme as child=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He ignores Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t13:o3:1
# text = He ignores Toad
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ignores	ignore	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | present | He | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

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

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He keeps Toad firmly in order

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t13:o4:1
# text = He keeps Toad firmly in order
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | He | Toad |  | order |  | firmly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent toad=Theme in order=Location |

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