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title: Looking back: in chapter VI, what did Rat and Mole do to Toad's moto… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter VI, what did Rat and Mole do to Toad's motor-clothes? Test 14 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter VI, what did Rat and Mole do to Toad's motor-clothes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Rat · **What happens:** look back, do

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This is test 14 · ★★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t14:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter VI, what did Rat and Mole do to Toad's motor-clothes?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
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	VI	VI	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	conj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | Rat and Mole |  |  |  |  | to Toad's motor clothes | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Burned them on the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t14:o1:1
# text = Burned them on the fire
1	Burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past |  | them *= they* |  | the fire |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Washed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t14:o2:1
# text = Washed them
1	Washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tore them off in the river

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t14:o3:1
# text = Tore them off in the river
1	Tore	Tore	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Took them off him bit by bit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t14:o4:1
# text = Took them off him bit by bit
1	Took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | off him *= he*; by bit; bit *obl:unmarked* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent they=Theme off he=Initial\_Location |

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