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title: Identify the three successive phenomena which assailed the Mole with… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the three successive phenomena which assailed the Mole within the Wild Wood. Exam question 1 of lesson 34 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Wood (the faces, the whistling, the pattering — and the Rat sets out)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the three successive phenomena which assailed the Mole within the Wild Wood.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, three successive phenomena · **What happens:** identify, assail · **To what, where:** three successive phenomena, Mole

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 34 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Wood (the faces, the whistling, the pattering — and the Rat sets out)» 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/34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e1:1
# text = Identify the three successive phenomena which assailed the Mole within the Wild Wood.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	phenomena	phenomena	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	assailed	assail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	within	within	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	13	flat	_	_
13	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 three successive phenomena |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent phenomena=Theme |
| 2 | **assail** | past | the three successive phenomena | the Mole |  |  |  | within the Wild Wood | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient |

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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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The faces, a rabbit racing past, and the whistling of the Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e1:o1:1
# text = The faces, a rabbit racing past, and the whistling of the Rat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	racing	race	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	past	past	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **race** | gerund | a rabbit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **whistle** |  | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | nom whistling «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Faces appearing, then a sound of whistling from many directions, and finally the strange pattering of hail

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e1:o2:1
# text = Faces appearing, then a sound of whistling from many directions, and finally the strange pattering of hail
1	Faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	appearing	appear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	whistling	whistle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	pattering	pattering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	hail	hail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | gerund | Faces | a sound |  |  |  | the strange pattering of hail *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sound=Theme |
| 2 | **whistle** | gerund | a sound *not said here* |  |  | many directions |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Faces, whistling and pattering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e1:o3:1
# text = Faces, whistling and pattering
1	Faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	whistling	whistling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pattering	pattering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pattering, then faces, then wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e1:o4:1
# text = Pattering, then faces, then wind
1	Pattering	pattering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
4	faces	face	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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