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title: Why are the weasels «suspecting nothing» a big help? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why are the weasels «suspecting nothing» a big help? Test 5 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

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Why are the weasels «suspecting nothing» a big help?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** weasels · **What happens:** suspect · **To what, where:** nothing

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t5:1
# text = Why are the weasels «suspecting nothing» a big help?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	suspecting	suspect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suspect** *in a quote* | present · progressive | the weasels | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme help=Attribute |

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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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Because they think the friends are at home asleep and will not come to the banquet at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t5:o1:1
# text = Because they think the friends are at home asleep and will not come to the banquet at all
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | they | the friends and home |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | they *not said here* |  |  | home |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **come** | future | they *not said here* |  |  | all |  | to the banquet | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to banquet=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They will be eating without any guards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t5:o2:1
# text = They will be eating without any guards
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | future · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | without any guards | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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They will be feasting with no weapons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t5:o3:1
# text = They will be feasting with no weapons
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	feasting	feast	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	weapons	weapon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feast** | future · progressive | They |  |  |  |  | with no weapons | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They will sing and dance all night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:t5:o4:1
# text = They will sing and dance all night
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | future | They |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dance** | infinitive | They *not said here* |  |  |  | night |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=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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