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title: Why did Mole let Toad tell his adventures in the garden? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Mole let Toad tell his adventures in the garden? Test 14 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

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Why did Mole let Toad tell his adventures in the garden?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole, Toad · **What happens:** let, tell, adventure · **To what, where:** Toad, adventures, garden · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t14:1
# text = Why did Mole let Toad tell his adventures in the garden?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past · do-support | Mole | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Toad *not said here* | Mole's adventures |  | the garden |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adventure=Recipient |
| 3 | **adventure** |  | Mole |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Mole was simply being kind, and so he let Toad enjoy telling his grand adventures in the garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t14:o1:1
# text = Mole was simply being kind, and so he let Toad enjoy telling his grand adventures in the garden
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	xcomp	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Mole |  |  |  |  | kind, simply *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | past | Mole | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **enjoy** | infinitive | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Toad *not said here* | Mole's grand adventures |  | the garden |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adventure=Recipient |
| 5 | **adventure** |  | Mole |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wanted Toad to talk more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t14:o2:1
# text = He wanted Toad to talk more
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	talk	talk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | He | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **talk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Kindness: Mole was a good listener

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t14:o3:1
# text = Kindness: Mole was a good listener
1	Kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	vocative	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	listener	listener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Kindness | a good listener |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because Mole was kind-hearted and a good listener, he let Toad tell all of his adventures in the sunny garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t14:o4:1
# text = Because Mole was kind-hearted and a good listener, he let Toad tell all of his adventures in the sunny garden
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	hearted	hearted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	listener	listener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	adventures	adventure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Mole |  |  |  |  | hearted *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** | past | Mole |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Toad | all |  | the sunny garden |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent all=Recipient |
| 4 | **adventure** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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