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title: Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger said that when Toad is quiet and… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger said that when Toad is quiet and submissive, «then he's at his artfullest». What does Badger now praise in Mole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Badger, Toad · **What happens:** look back, say, be, praise · **To what, where:** Mole · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger said that when Toad is quiet and submissive, «then he's at his artfullest».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, Badger said that when Toad is quiet and submissive, «then he's at his artfullest».
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	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
12	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	submissive	submissive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
18	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	artfullest	artfull	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Badger *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Toad |  |  |  | then | artfull *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does Badger now praise in Mole?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t11:2
# text = What does Badger now praise in Mole?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	praise	praise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **praise** | present |  |  |  | Mole | now |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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His loud voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t11:o1:1
# text = His loud voice
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His cleverness, used against the Toads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t11:o2:1
# text = His cleverness, used against the Toads
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cleverness	cleverness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | His cleverness *not said here* |  |  |  | against the Toads | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Real sense, used for his friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t11:o3:1
# text = Real sense, used for his friends
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | Real sense *not said here* |  |  |  | for his friends | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His sense, used for pride

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t11:o4:1
# text = His sense, used for pride
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sense	sense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pride	pride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle |  | His sense *not said here* |  |  |  | for pride | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sense** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sense «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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