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title: Looking back: in chapter I, Mole grabbed the sculls and tipped the b… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I, Mole grabbed the sculls and tipped the boat over. How is today's Mole different? Test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» of the books course of M
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# Test 10 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: in chapter I, Mole grabbed the sculls and tipped the boat over. How is today's Mole different?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** look back, grab, tip over, be · **To what, where:** sculls, boat

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This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» 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/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter I, Mole grabbed the sculls and tipped the boat over.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t10:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I, Mole grabbed the sculls and tipped the boat over.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	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	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sculls	scull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	tipped	tip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	over	over	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Mole *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **grab** | past | Mole | the sculls |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scull=Theme |
| 3 | **tip over** | past | Mole *not said here* | the boat |  |  |  | over *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |

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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 is today's Mole different?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t10:2
# text = How is today's Mole different?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | today's Mole |  |  |  |  | different *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He's now calmer and kinder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t10:o1:1
# text = He's now calmer and kinder
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	calmer	calm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	kinder	kind	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  | now | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Then silly and proud; now useful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t10:o2:1
# text = Then silly and proud; now useful
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
2	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Then silly pride; now a clever idea for friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t10:o3:1
# text = Then silly pride; now a clever idea for friends
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is still silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t10:o4:1
# text = He is still silly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	still	still	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  | still | silly *property* | tree rules |

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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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