--- title: It is given that the Mole entered the Wild Wood. Identify the compar… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the Mole entered the Wild Wood. Identify the comparison applied by the author to the wood as seen from without. Exam question 4 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 scho --- [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/e4/) [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/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 1: The Wild Woo… It is given that the Mole entered the Wild Wood. Identify the comparison applied by the author to the wood as seen from without. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole, you · **What happens:** give, enter, identify, apply, see · **To what, where:** It, Wild Wood, comparison This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the Mole entered the Wild Wood. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e4:1 # text = It is given that the Mole entered the Wild Wood. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 Wild Wild PROPN NNP _ 10 flat _ _ 10 Wood Wood PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **enter** | past | the Mole | | the Wild Wood | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* Identify the comparison applied by the author to the wood as seen from without. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e4:2 # text = Identify the comparison applied by the author to the wood as seen from without. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 comparison comparison NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 applied apply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 12 obl _ _ 14 without without ADP IN _ 13 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the comparison | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent comparison=Theme | | 2 | **apply** | participle | | the comparison *not said here* | | | | by the author; to the wood | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by author=Destination | | 3 | **see** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A heavy grey fog over the still water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e4:o1:1 # text = A heavy grey fog over the still water 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 grey grey ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 fog fog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A black reef in some still southern sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e4:o2:1 # text = A black reef in some still southern sea 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 reef reef NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 6 still still ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 southern southern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A dark cave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e4:o3:1 # text = A dark cave 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A deep well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:33-willows-ch3-part1-winter-and-the-way-to-the-wood:e4:o4:1 # text = A deep well 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 well well 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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