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title: Ascertain the place of refuge selected by the Mole. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the place of refuge selected by the Mole. Exam question 2 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

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Ascertain the place of refuge selected by the Mole.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, select · **To what, where:** place, refuge

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the place of refuge selected by the Mole.
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	refuge	refuge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	selected	select	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 place of refuge |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic |
| 2 | **select** | participle |  | refuge *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Mole | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 hollow of an old oak tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e2:o1:1
# text = The hollow of an old oak tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Under the roots of an ancient willow tree beside a dark and muddy pool

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e2:o2:1
# text = Under the roots of an ancient willow tree beside a dark and muddy pool
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The inside of a huge, hollow beech tree that had fallen across a stream

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e2:o3:1
# text = The inside of a huge, hollow beech tree that had fallen across a stream
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
5	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | a huge hollow beech tree |  |  | a stream |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across stream=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The hollow of an old beech tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e2:o4:1
# text = The hollow of an old beech tree
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hollow	hollow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	beech	beech	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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