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title: Looking back: who said in chapter IX «I've an idea that you'll feel… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: who said in chapter IX «I've an idea that you'll feel a lot better when you've got something jotted down» to cheer up a friend? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 neve
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

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Looking back: who said in chapter IX «I've an idea that you'll feel a lot better when you've got something jotted down» to cheer up a friend?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, you · **What happens:** look back, say, have, feel, get, jot down · **To what, where:** chapter, idea, lot, something, friend · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t12:1
# text = Looking back: who said in chapter IX «I've an idea that you'll feel a lot better when you've got something jotted down» to cheer up a friend?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	IX	ix	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	7	flat	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	've	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	acl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	17	xcomp	_	_
21	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	_
22	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
24	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
25	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	24	obj	_	_
26	jotted	jot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	_
27	down	down	ADP	RP	_	26	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	30	mark	_	_
30	cheer	cheer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
31	up	up	ADP	RP	_	30	compound:prt	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past |  |  |  | chapter |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **have** *in a quote* | present | I | a idea |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient |
| 4 | **feel** *in a quote* | future | you | a lot |  |  |  | good *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme |
| 5 | **get** *in a quote* | present · perfect | you | something |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus |
| 6 | **jot down** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive |  | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent friend=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t12:o1:1
# text = Toad
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	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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The Rat, to Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t12:o2:1
# text = The Rat, to Toad
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	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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Mole, to the Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t12:o3:1
# text = Mole, to the Rat
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t12:o4:1
# text = Badger
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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