--- title: Why did the stoats believe the «washerwoman»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did the stoats believe the «washerwoman»? Test 3 · ★★★ 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 pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/t3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/) / t3 # Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer… Why did the stoats believe the «washerwoman»? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** stoats · **What happens:** believe · **To what, where:** washerwoman This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t3:1 # text = Why did the stoats believe the «washerwoman»? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stoats stoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 washerwoman washerwoman NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past · do-support | the stoats | the washerwoman | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer washerwoman=Stimulus | 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} She brought them a cake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t3:o1:1 # text = She brought them a cake 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | She | them *= they* | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination cake=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She had a basket full of clean laundry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t3:o2:1 # text = She had a basket full of clean laundry 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 laundry laundry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | She | a basket | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She said she washed for Mr. Badger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t3:o3:1 # text = She said she washed for Mr. Badger 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 washed wash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:desc _ _ 7 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **wash** | past | she | | | | | for Badger Mr. | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She brought a basket of clean laundry and offered to wash the stoats' uniforms for free ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t3:o4:1 # text = She brought a basket of clean laundry and offered to wash the stoats' uniforms for free 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 basket basket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 clean clean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 laundry laundry NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wash wash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 stoats stoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ' 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 uniforms uniform NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | She | a basket of clean laundry | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent basket=Theme | | 2 | **offer** | participle | She *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wash** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the stoats's uniforms | | | | for free | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent uniform=Patient for free=Beneficiary | **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. 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