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title: Ascertain the category of creatures which, according to the Rat, can… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the category of creatures which, according to the Rat, cannot be wholly trusted. Exam question 2 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 dependency
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…

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Ascertain the category of creatures which, according to the Rat, cannot be wholly trusted.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, accord, not trust · **To what, where:** category, Rat

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the category of creatures which, according to the Rat, cannot be wholly trusted.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	category	category	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	aux:pass	_	_
16	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	trusted	trust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the category of creatures accord the Rat |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent category=Topic |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **trust** | can · passive |  | the Rat *not said here* |  |  |  | wholly *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S» |

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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 {#o1}

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Squirrels and rabbits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e2:o1:1
# text = Squirrels and rabbits
1	Squirrels	squirrel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every animal living in the Wild Wood, without exception at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e2:o2:1
# text = Every animal living in the Wild Wood, without exception at all
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	7	flat	_	_
7	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | gerund | every animal |  |  | the Wild Wood |  | without exception at all | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Weasels, stoats, foxes and the Badger too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e2:o3:1
# text = Weasels, stoats, foxes and the Badger too
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Weasels, stoats and foxes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e2:o4:1
# text = Weasels, stoats and foxes
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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