--- title: Identify the occupation in which the Mole was engaged at the commenc… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the occupation in which the Mole was engaged at the commencement of the narrative. Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/e1/) [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 I, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank… Identify the occupation in which the Mole was engaged at the commencement of the narrative. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, engage · **To what, where:** occupation, Mole This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:e1:1 # text = Identify the occupation in which the Mole was engaged at the commencement of the narrative. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 occupation occupation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 commencement commencement NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the occupation | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme | | 2 | **engage** | past · passive | | the Mole | | the occupation | | at the commencement of the narrative | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in which=Goal | 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} The whitewashing and dusting of every room in his underground home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:e1:o1:1 # text = The whitewashing and dusting of every room in his underground home 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 whitewashing whitewashing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 dusting dusting NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 7 det _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Digging a new tunnel for winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:e1:o2:1 # text = Digging a new tunnel for winter 1 Digging dig VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 winter winter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dig** | gerund | | a new tunnel | | | winter | | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The spring-cleaning of his dwelling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:e1:o3:1 # text = The spring-cleaning of his dwelling 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 cleaning cleaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **clean** | | his dwelling | | | | | | nom cleaning «act intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Painting the walls of his hall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:e1:o4:1 # text = Painting the walls of his hall 1 Painting paint VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | gerund | | the walls of his hall | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent wall=Destination | **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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