--- title: Select the response which most accurately characterises the meteorol… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response which most accurately characterises the meteorological conditions upon the Mole's departure. Exam question 3 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 dep --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo… Select the response which most accurately characterises the meteorological conditions upon the Mole's departure. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Mole · **What happens:** select, characteris, depart · **To what, where:** response This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e3:1 # text = Select the response which most accurately characterises the meteorological conditions upon the Mole's departure. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 meteorological meteorological ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the response | | | | upon the Mole's departure; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **depart** | | the Mole | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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} A chilly windy evening beneath a dark grey cloud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e3:o1:1 # text = A chilly windy evening beneath a dark grey cloud 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 chilly chilly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 windy windy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 grey grey NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A cold still afternoon beneath a hard steely sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e3:o2:1 # text = A cold still afternoon beneath a hard steely sky 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod:unmarked _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 steely steely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A cold still afternoon beneath a hard steely sky, with frost on every hedge and every field bare ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e3:o3:1 # text = A cold still afternoon beneath a hard steely sky, with frost on every hedge and every field bare 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cold cold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 afternoon afternoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 steely steely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 15 det _ _ 15 hedge hedge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 19 bare bare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A mild breezy morning under a pale yellow sun ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e3:o4:1 # text = A mild breezy morning under a pale yellow sun 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 mild mild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 breezy breezy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` 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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