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title: Looking back: how has Toad changed from chapter XI, when he called M… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: how has Toad changed from chapter XI, when he called Mole «you silly ass»? Test 15 · ★★★ 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 tre
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# Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

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Looking back: how has Toad changed from chapter XI, when he called Mole «you silly ass»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Looking, Toad, you · **What happens:** look back, change, call, ass · **To what, where:** chapter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t15:1
# text = Looking back: how has Toad changed from chapter XI, when he called Mole «you silly ass»?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj:pass	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	XI	XI	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
15	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	_
16	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	ass	ass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **change** | present · perfect | Looking |  |  | chapter |  |  | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from chapter=Initial\_State |
| 3 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **ass** *in a quote* |  | you |  |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He now thanks Mole warmly and has stopped boasting about his motor-cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t15:o1:1
# text = He now thanks Mole warmly and has stopped boasting about his motor-cars
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	boasting	boast	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | He |  | Mole |  | now | warmly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present · perfect | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about Mole's motor cars | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about car=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He now thanks Mole warmly, having put away the jealousy that once made him rude

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t15:o2:1
# text = He now thanks Mole warmly, having put away the jealousy that once made him rude
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
9	away	away	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	jealousy	jealousy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	advmod	_	_
14	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | He |  | Mole |  | now | warmly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | He *not said here* | the jealousy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **put away** | participle | the jealousy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **make** | past | the jealousy | Mole |  |  |  | once, rude *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He now thanks Mole warmly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t15:o3:1
# text = He now thanks Mole warmly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	thanks	thank	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	warmly	warmly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present | He |  | Mole |  | now | warmly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He now calls Mole «old friend»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t15:o4:1
# text = He now calls Mole «old friend»
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	calls	call	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | present | He |  | Mole |  | now |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient |

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