--- title: Why could the friends climb into the pantry without being heard? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Why could the friends climb into the pantry without being heard? Test 6 · ★★★ 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 dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/t6/) [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 XII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o… Why could the friends climb into the pantry without being heard? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friends · **What happens:** climb, hear · **To what, where:** pantry This is test 6 · ★★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t6:1 # text = Why could the friends climb into the pantry without being heard? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 climb climb VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 pantry pantry NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 without without SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | could | the friends | | | the pantry | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into pantry=Destination | | 2 | **hear** | gerund · passive | | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The weasels had sent all their servants out of the house for the night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t6:o1:1 # text = The weasels had sent all their servants out of the house for the night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 weasels weasel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 8 out out ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | the weasels | | the house | night | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination servant=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The party was deafening ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t6:o2:1 # text = The party was deafening 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 deafening deafen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **deafen** | past · progressive | the party | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The lights were out inside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t6:o3:1 # text = The lights were out inside 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 5 inside inside ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the lights | | | | | inside, out *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The weasels were all asleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:t6:o4:1 # text = The weasels were all asleep 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 weasels weasel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the weasels | | | | | all, asleep *property* | tree rules | **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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