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title: It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early hour. State the term employed in the text for food and drink so forgone. Exam question 4 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 c
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# Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 2: The River Bank…

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It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early hour. State the term employed in the text for food and drink so forgone.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, eat, drink, employ, forgo · **To what, where:** It, Mole, State, text

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early hour.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e4:1
# text = It is given that the Mole had neither eaten nor drunk since an early hour.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	11	cc	_	_
11	drunk	drink	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
12	since	since	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **eat** | past · perfect · passive |  | the Mole |  |  |  | neither *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **drink** | participle |  |  |  |  | hour |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «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:* State the term employed in the text for food and drink so forgone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e4:2
# text = State the term employed in the text for food and drink so forgone.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	drink	drink	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	forgone	forgo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **employ** | participle · passive |  | State |  | the text for food |  | the term *obl:unmarked* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **forgo** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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«bread or cake»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e4:o1:1
# text = «bread or cake»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«meal»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e4:o2:1
# text = «meal»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«food»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e4:o3:1
# text = «food»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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

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«bite or sup»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:26-willows-ch1-part2-the-river-and-the-wild-wood:e4:o4:1
# text = «bite or sup»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sup	sup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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