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title: Identify the article which the Rat conveyed from his dwelling to the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the article which the Rat conveyed from his dwelling to the boat prior to their departure. Exam question 1 of lesson 26 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…

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Identify the article which the Rat conveyed from his dwelling to the boat prior to their departure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Rat, their · **What happens:** identify, convey, depart · **To what, where:** article, dwelling

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank (the picnic basket, the Wild Wood and the Wide World)» 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/26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e1:1
# text = Identify the article which the Rat conveyed from his dwelling to the boat prior to their departure.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the article |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | past | the Rat | the article |  | Rat's dwelling |  | to the boat; prior their departure | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent which=Theme from dwelling=Initial\_Location to boat=Destination |
| 3 | **depart** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A brown leather satchel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e1:o1:1
# text = A brown leather satchel
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	brown	brown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	leather	leather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	satchel	satchel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e1:o2:1
# text = A boat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A tin lunch box, shiny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e1:o3:1
# text = A tin lunch box, shiny
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A wicker luncheon-basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e1:o4:1
# text = A wicker luncheon-basket
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	wicker	wicker	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	basket	basket	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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