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title: Identify the first indication of the approach of the motor-car. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the first indication of the approach of the motor-car. Exam question 4 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 3: The Open Road…

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Identify the first indication of the approach of the motor-car.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, motor car · **What happens:** identify, indicate, approach · **To what, where:** first indication, approach

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e4:1
# text = Identify the first indication of the approach of the motor-car.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	amod	_	_
4	indication	indication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the first indication of the approach of the motor car |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent indication=Theme |
| 2 | **indicate** |  |  | the approach of the motor car |  |  |  |  | nom indication «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **approach** |  | the motor car |  |  |  |  |  | nom approach «act intransitive»: of=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A faint warning hum like a bee in the far distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e4:o1:1
# text = A faint warning hum like a bee in the far distance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A faint warning hum, like the far-off drone of a bee among the flowers of the hedgerow, rising slowly

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e4:o2:1
# text = A faint warning hum, like the far-off drone of a bee among the flowers of the hedgerow, rising slowly
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	off	off	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	drone	drone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	among	among	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	hedgerow	hedgerow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
23	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund | a faint warning hum like the far drone of a bee among the flowers of the hedgerow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A faint warning hum like the drone of a distant bee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e4:o3:1
# text = A faint warning hum like the drone of a distant bee
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drone	drone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A warning hum like the drone of a bee in a field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:31-willows-ch2-part3-poop-poop:e4:o4:1
# text = A warning hum like the drone of a bee in a field
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hum	hum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	drone	drone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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