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title: Ascertain the demeanour of Toad in the moments following the disaster. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the demeanour of Toad in the moments following the disaster. Exam question 2 of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road…

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Ascertain the demeanour of Toad in the moments following the disaster.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, moments · **What happens:** ascertain, follow · **To what, where:** demeanour, disaster

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 32 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 4: The Open Road (the wreck of the cart, and Toad's new craze)» 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/32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the demeanour of Toad in the moments following the disaster.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	demeanour	demeanour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	moments	moment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	disaster	disaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the demeanour of Toad |  |  | moment |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent demeanour=Topic |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the moments *not said here* | the disaster |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent disaster=Theme |

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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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Furious and shouting at the Mole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:e2:o1:1
# text = Furious and shouting at the Mole
1	Furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	conj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  | the Mole |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Shocked and frightened, hiding his face in his hands and sobbing for a long time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:e2:o2:1
# text = Shocked and frightened, hiding his face in his hands and sobbing for a long time
1	Shocked	shocked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	frightened	frightened	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	sobbing	sob	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | gerund |  | his face |  | his hands |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Patient in hand=Location |
| 2 | **sob** | gerund |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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A happy trance, murmuring «Poop-poop!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:e2:o3:1
# text = A happy trance, murmuring «Poop-poop!»
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trance	trance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	murmuring	murmur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murmur** *speech: other* | gerund | a happy trance *not said here* | Poop poop |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poop=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A happy trance, murmuring «Poop-poop!», while he sits in the middle of the road alone

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:32-willows-ch2-part4-the-wreck-and-the-new-craze:e2:o4:1
# text = A happy trance, murmuring «Poop-poop!», while he sits in the middle of the road alone
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	trance	trance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	murmuring	murmur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	poop	poop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	sits	sit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murmur** *speech: other* | gerund | a happy trance *not said here* | Poop poop |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poop=Topic |
| 2 | **sit** | present | a happy trance |  |  | the middle of the road |  | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location |

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