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title: Why does Toad think Mole «spoilt everything»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does Toad think Mole «spoilt everything»? Test 5 · ★★★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

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Why does Toad think Mole «spoilt everything»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** think · **To what, where:** Mole

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t5:1
# text = Why does Toad think Mole «spoilt everything»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	spoilt	spoilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | Toad | Mole |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mole=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He thinks Mole's warning alerted the stoats and wrecked the whole careful plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t5:o1:1
# text = He thinks Mole's warning alerted the stoats and wrecked the whole careful plan
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	alerted	alert	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	wrecked	wreck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **alert** *speech: other* | past | Mole's warning | the stoats |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stoat=Recipient |
| 3 | **wreck** | past | Mole's warning *not said here* | the whole careful plan |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Patient |
| 4 | **warn** |  | Mole |  |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He told all the stoats the plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t5:o2:1
# text = He told all the stoats the plan
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	plan	plan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | He | all stoats |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent stoat=Recipient plan=Topic |

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

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He thinks it warned the stoats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t5:o3:1
# text = He thinks it warned the stoats
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	warned	warn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | it | the stoats |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stoat=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It alerted the stoats, he thinks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t5:o4:1
# text = It alerted the stoats, he thinks
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	alerted	alert	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alert** *speech: other* | past | It | the stoats |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stoat=Recipient |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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