--- title: Identify the creature which, without having been consulted, was assi… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the creature which, without having been consulted, was assigned the dustiest task of the expedition. Exam question 1 of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/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 II, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road… Identify the creature which, without having been consulted, was assigned the dustiest task of the expedition. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, consult, assign, task · **To what, where:** creature, dustiest task, expedition This is exam question 1 of lesson 31 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road (life on the road, and a motor-car)» 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/31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e1:1 # text = Identify the creature which, without having been consulted, was assigned the dustiest task of the expedition. 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 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 without without SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 consulted consult VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 assigned assign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 dustiest dusty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 task task NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 expedition expedition 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 | **consult** | gerund · perfect · passive | | the creature | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: which=Theme | | 3 | **assign** | past · passive | | the dustiest task of the expedition | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: task=Theme | | 4 | **task** | | | the expedition | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 young brown pony ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e1:o1:1 # text = The young brown pony 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 pony pony NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Mole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e1:o2:1 # text = The Mole 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The old grey horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e1:o3:1 # text = The old grey horse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Water Rat's dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e1:o4:1 # text = The Water Rat's dog 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 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN 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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