--- title: Looking back: in chapter VI, Toad said he'd jump into «the very firs… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Looking back: in chapter VI, Toad said he'd jump into «the very first motor-car I see». How is this ending different? Test 15 · ★★★ 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 cour --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/t15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o… Looking back: in chapter VI, Toad said he'd jump into «the very first motor-car I see». How is this ending different? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toad, ending · **What happens:** look back, say, jump, see, be · **To what, where:** first motor car · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 15 · ★★★ 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/#t15). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter VI, Toad said he'd jump into «the very first motor-car I see». ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t15:1 # text = Looking back: in chapter VI, Toad said he'd jump into «the very first motor-car I see». 1 Looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 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 , _ 1 punct _ _ 8 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 14 « « PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 16 very very ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 amod _ _ 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 12 obl _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 » » PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look back** | gerund | Toad *not said here* | | | | | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Toad | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **jump** | would | Toad | | | the first motor car | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into car=Destination | | 4 | **see** *in a quote* | present | Toad | the first motor car *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus | 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. *Sentence 2:* How is this ending different? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t15:2 # text = How is this ending different? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 ending ending NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this ending | | | | | different *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He keeps a promise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t15:o1:1 # text = He keeps a promise 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | He | a promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} He forgets it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t15:o2:1 # text = He forgets it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forgets forget VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present | He | it | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He forgets his promise ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t15:o3:1 # text = He forgets his promise 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 forgets forget VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present | He | his promise | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He breaks it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:t15:o4:1 # text = He breaks it 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 breaks break VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | present | He | it | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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