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title: Looking back: in chapter XI, why was Badger «very pleased» with Mole? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter XI, why was Badger «very pleased» with Mole? Test 14 · ★★★ 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, with the dependenc
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter XI, why was Badger «very pleased» with Mole?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** look back, be · **To what, where:** XI, Badger

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This is test 14 · ★★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t14:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter XI, why was Badger «very pleased» with Mole?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	csubj	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	XI	XI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	very	very	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  | XI |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Badger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Mole's trick had scattered the sentries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t14:o1:1
# text = Mole's trick had scattered the sentries
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | past · perfect · passive |  | Mole's trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **trick** |  | Mole |  |  |  |  |  | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mole had drawn the weasels out of the house and into the wood for a trap

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t14:o2:1
# text = Mole had drawn the weasels out of the house and into the wood for a trap
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	drawn	draw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	trap	trap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | past · perfect | Mole | the weasels |  | the house and the wood |  | for a trap | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent weasel=Theme out house=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mole had carried the lantern well

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t14:o3:1
# text = Mole had carried the lantern well
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive |  | Mole |  |  |  | well *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary lantern=Value |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mole had led the whole party through the passage without a single mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t14:o4:1
# text = Mole had led the whole party through the passage without a single mistake
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past · perfect | Mole | the whole party |  | the passage |  | without a single mistake | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent party=Theme through passage=Destination |

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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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