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title: Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said the Wild Wood held «good, b… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said the Wild Wood held «good, bad, and indifferent» and «we must all live and let live». How does Mole show that tonight? Test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)»
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said the Wild Wood held «good, bad, and indifferent» and «we must all live and let live». How does Mole show that tonight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Badger, Wild Wood, we, Mole · **What happens:** look back, say, hold, live, let, show · **To what, where:** good · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said the Wild Wood held «good, bad, and indifferent» and «we must all live and let live».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t12:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter IV, Badger said the Wild Wood held «good, bad, and indifferent» and «we must all live and let live».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	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	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	12	flat	_	_
12	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	20	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
23	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
25	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	aux	_	_
26	all	all	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	conj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
29	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	conj	_	_
30	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hold** | past | the Wild Wood | good |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Theme |
| 4 | **live** *in a quote* | must | we |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **live** *in a quote* | infinitive | we *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How does Mole show that tonight?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t12:2
# text = How does Mole show that tonight?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | Mole |  |  |  | tonight |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He forgives Toad and Rat entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t12:o1:1
# text = He forgives Toad and Rat entirely
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgives	forgive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forgive** | present | He | Toad and Rat |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He gives them food and a drink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t12:o2:1
# text = He gives them food and a drink
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | He | food and a drink | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient food=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He lets them go

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t12:o3:1
# text = He lets them go
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | He | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He lets the sorry weasels go free with a roll each

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t12:o4:1
# text = He lets the sorry weasels go free with a roll each
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	roll	roll	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | the sorry weasels |  |  |  |  | with a roll; free *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with roll=Beneficiary |

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