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title: Mole goes to the stoats dressed as a washerwoman before the battle.… — Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mole goes to the stoats dressed as a washerwoman before the battle. Which part of the Odyssey is like that? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside…

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Mole goes to the stoats dressed as a washerwoman before the battle. Which part of the Odyssey is like that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole · **What happens:** go, dress, be · **To what, where:** stoats

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Pan, panic and Ulysses: the old myths and old words inside «The Wind in the Willows»» of the language 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/language/43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mole goes to the stoats dressed as a washerwoman before the battle.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t6:1
# text = Mole goes to the stoats dressed as a washerwoman before the battle.
1	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Mole |  |  | the stoats |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to stoat=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **dress** | participle |  | the stoats *not said here* |  |  | before the battle | as a washerwoman | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which part of the Odyssey is like that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t6:2
# text = Which part of the Odyssey is like that?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Odyssey	Odyssey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like that | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Odysseus stole a chariot from the king

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t6:o1:1
# text = Odysseus stole a chariot from the king
1	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | Odysseus | a chariot |  |  |  | from the king | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent chariot=Theme from king=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Odysseus came home dressed as a beggar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t6:o2:1
# text = Odysseus came home dressed as a beggar
1	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	dressed	dress	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	beggar	beggar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | Odysseus |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dress** | participle | Odysseus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a beggar | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Odysseus fought a dragon in the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t6:o3:1
# text = Odysseus fought a dragon in the hall
1	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | Odysseus | a dragon |  | the hall |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Odysseus sold his horse to a gipsy for gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:43-pan-panic-and-ulysses-the-old-myths-and-old-words-inside-the-wind-in-the-willows:t6:o4:1
# text = Odysseus sold his horse to a gipsy for gold
1	Odysseus	Odysseus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sold	sell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gipsy	gipsy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | past | Odysseus | Odysseus's horse | a gipsy for gold |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent horse=Theme to gipsy=Recipient |

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