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title: Looking back: in chapter V, Mole felt ashamed of his small, dusty ho… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter V, Mole felt ashamed of his small, dusty home. What is he doing with Toad's big house now? Test 13 · ★★★ 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 scho
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# Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter V, Mole felt ashamed of his small, dusty home. What is he doing with Toad's big house now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** look back, feel, do

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This is test 13 · ★★★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter V, Mole felt ashamed of his small, dusty home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t13:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter V, Mole felt ashamed of his small, dusty home.
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	V	v	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
13	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund | Mole *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in chapter V | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in v=Theme |
| 2 | **feel** | past | Mole |  |  |  |  | ashamed *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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:* What is he doing with Toad's big house now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t13:2
# text = What is he doing with Toad's big house now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Mole |  |  |  | now | with Toad's big house | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Making every room tidy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t13:o1:1
# text = Making every room tidy
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tidy	tidy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | every room tidy |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tidy=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Making every room a nest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t13:o2:1
# text = Making every room a nest
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	nest	nest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | every room |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset room=Beneficiary nest=Product |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Living in it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t13:o3:1
# text = Living in it
1	Living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  | it |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Selling it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t13:o4:1
# text = Selling it
1	Selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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