--- title: Identify the sentiment which impelled the Mole to seize the sculls. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the sentiment which impelled the Mole to seize the sculls. Exam question 1 of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/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/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank… Identify the sentiment which impelled the Mole to seize the sculls. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sentiment · **What happens:** identify, impel, seize · **To what, where:** sentiment, Mole, sculls This is exam question 1 of lesson 28 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 4: The River Bank (the Mole grabs the oars, the boat goes over, and a friendship begins)» 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/28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:e1:1 # text = Identify the sentiment which impelled the Mole to seize the sculls. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sentiment sentiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 impelled impel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 sculls scull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sentiment | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sentiment=Theme | | 2 | **impel** | past | the sentiment | the Mole | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient | | 3 | **seize** | to-infinitive | the sentiment *not said here* | the sculls | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scull=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} Greed and impatience ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:e1:o1:1 # text = Greed and impatience 1 Greed greed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 impatience impatience NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Jealousy and pride ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:e1:o2:1 # text = Jealousy and pride 1 Jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Jealousy and pride, combined with a wish to impress the Rat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:e1:o3:1 # text = Jealousy and pride, combined with a wish to impress the Rat 1 Jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pride pride NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 combined combine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 impress impress VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **combine** | participle | | Jealousy and pride *not said here* | | | | with a wish | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with wish=Co-Patient | | 2 | **impress** | to-infinitive | | the Rat | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus rat=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Fear and self-doubt ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:28-willows-ch1-part4-sploosh:e1:o4:1 # text = Fear and self-doubt 1 Fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 3 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` 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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