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title: Looking back: in chapter IV, how did Badger take Rat and Mole out of… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter IV, how did Badger take Rat and Mole out of his home to the edge of the wood? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» of the books course of Mova's p
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter IV, how did Badger take Rat and Mole out of his home to the edge of the wood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Badger · **What happens:** look back, take · **To what, where:** Rat, home

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» 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/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IV, how did Badger take Rat and Mole out of his home to the edge of the wood?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	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	IV	IV	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	out	out	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	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 | **take** | past · do-support | Badger | Rat and Mole |  | Badger's home |  | to the edge of the wood | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent rat=Theme out home=Initial\_Location to edge=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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By boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t11:o1:1
# text = By boat
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Through a long tunnel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t11:o2:1
# text = Through a long tunnel
1	Through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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On foot

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t11:o3:1
# text = On foot
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Across the wide field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t11:o4:1
# text = Across the wide field
1	Across	across	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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