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title: Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad want instead of boats, be… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad want instead of boats, before the motor-car? Test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

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Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad want instead of boats, before the motor-car?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad · **What happens:** look back, want · **To what, where:** chapter

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This is test 11 · ★★★ of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t11:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter II, what did Toad want instead of boats, before the motor-car?
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	csubj	_	_
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	11	obl	_	_
6	II	II	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
12	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	14	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	fixed	_	_
14	boats	boat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	before	before	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
18	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	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 | **want** | past · do-support | Toad |  |  | chapter |  | instead boats | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A gipsy caravan and «the open road»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t11:o1:1
# text = A gipsy caravan and «the open road»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gipsy	gipsy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	caravan	caravan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A steam-engine and «the railway»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t11:o2:1
# text = A steam-engine and «the railway»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A motor-car and «the river»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t11:o3:1
# text = A motor-car and «the river»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bicycle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t11:o4:1
# text = A bicycle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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