--- title: Ascertain the utterance with which the Badger acknowledged the prese… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the utterance with which the Badger acknowledged the presence of the party before withdrawing. Exam question 2 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, --- [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/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank… Ascertain the utterance with which the Badger acknowledged the presence of the party before withdrawing. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Badger · **What happens:** ascertain, acknowledge, withdraw · **To what, where:** utterance, presence This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the utterance with which the Badger acknowledged the presence of the party before withdrawing. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 utterance utterance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 acknowledged acknowledge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 before before SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 withdrawing withdraw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the utterance | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent utterance=Topic | | 2 | **acknowledge** | past | the Badger | the presence of the party | | | | with the utterance | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent presence=Topic | | 3 | **withdraw** | gerund | the Badger *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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} «Good day» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e2:o1:1 # text = «Good day» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 » » PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} «Hullo, Mole» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e2:o2:1 # text = «Hullo, Mole» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hullo hullo INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Mole Mole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «H'm! Company» *Sentence 1:* «H'm! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e2:o3:1 # text = «H'm! 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 H h INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ! ! PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Company» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e2:o3:2 # text = Company» 1 Company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 » » PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} «Hm» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:e2:o4:1 # text = «Hm» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Hm hm NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` 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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