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title: Why does Badger look at Toad «very suspiciously»? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does Badger look at Toad «very suspiciously»? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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Why does Badger look at Toad «very suspiciously»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Badger · **What happens:** look

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» 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/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t2:1
# text = Why does Badger look at Toad «very suspiciously»?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	suspiciously	suspiciously	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present · do-support | Badger |  |  |  |  | at Toad; suspiciously *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at toad=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Toad seems much too calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t2:o1:1
# text = Toad seems much too calm
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seems	seem	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Toad agrees much too quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t2:o2:1
# text = Toad agrees much too quickly
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	agrees	agree	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Toad had been caught in a lie about the invitations and the Banquet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t2:o3:1
# text = Toad had been caught in a lie about the invitations and the Banquet
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lie	lie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	invitations	invitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive |  | Toad |  | a lie about the invitations and the Banquet |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toad looks far too cheerful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:t2:o4:1
# text = Toad looks far too cheerful
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | cheerful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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