--- title: Ascertain the place of residence of the Badger as stated by the Rat. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the place of residence of the Badger as stated by the Rat. Exam question 2 of lesson 33 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/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 III,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo… Ascertain the place of residence of the Badger as stated by the Rat. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, state · **To what, where:** place This is exam question 2 of lesson 33 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Wood (winter, and the Mole sets out alone)» 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/33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e2:1 # text = Ascertain the place of residence of the Badger as stated by the Rat. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 residence residence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the place of residence of the Badger | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | by the Rat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} Beside the old wooden bridge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e2:o1:1 # text = Beside the old wooden bridge 1 Beside beside ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Deep in a hollow in the very middle of the Wild Wood, beyond the bridge ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e2:o2:1 # text = Deep in a hollow in the very middle of the Wild Wood, beyond the bridge 1 Deep deep ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hollow hollow NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 very very ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 12 flat _ _ 12 Wood Wood PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The very middle of the Wild Wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e2:o3:1 # text = The very middle of the Wild Wood 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 7 flat _ _ 7 Wood Wood PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} In the very middle of the great Wild Wood, under a fallen oak and a tangle of roots ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e2:o4:1 # text = In the very middle of the great Wild Wood, under a fallen oak and a tangle of roots 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 9 flat _ _ 9 Wood Wood PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 under under ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 oak oak NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 tangle tangle NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | participle | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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