--- title: Identify the creature whose arrival was heralded by a streak of bubb… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the creature whose arrival was heralded by a streak of bubbles upon the surface of the water. Exam question 1 of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/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/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank… Identify the creature whose arrival was heralded by a streak of bubbles upon the surface of the water. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, herald · **To what, where:** creature, arrival This is exam question 1 of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» 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/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e1:1 # text = Identify the creature whose arrival was heralded by a streak of bubbles upon the surface of the water. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 heralded herald VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 streak streak NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bubbles bubble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the creature | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent creature=Theme | | 2 | **herald** | past · passive | | arrival | | | | by a streak of bubbles upon the surface of the water | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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} The Badger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e1:o1:1 # text = The Badger 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Otter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e1:o2:1 # text = The Otter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e1:o3:1 # text = A fish 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Water Rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e1:o4:1 # text = The Water Rat 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Water Water PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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