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title: Select the response which most accurately characterises the evidence… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response which most accurately characterises the evidence by which the Rat determined his friend's direction. Exam question 3 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 
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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 2: The Wild Woo…

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Select the response which most accurately characterises the evidence by which the Rat determined his friend's direction.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Rat · **What happens:** select, characteris, determine · **To what, where:** response, direction

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e3:1
# text = Select the response which most accurately characterises the evidence by which the Rat determined his friend's direction.
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	9	det	_	_
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	determined	determine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **determine** | past | the Rat | Rat's friend's direction |  |  |  | by the evidence | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Topic |

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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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Fresh sharp golosh prints in the mud, plainly leading straight towards the edge of the Wild Wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e3:o1:1
# text = Fresh sharp golosh prints in the mud, plainly leading straight towards the edge of the Wild Wood
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	golosh	golosh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	prints	print	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	plainly	plainly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
11	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	18	flat	_	_
18	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | gerund | Fresh sharp golosh prints in the mud *not said here* |  |  | the edge of the Wild Wood |  | plainly, straight *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent towards edge=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mole-scented leaves and a trail of crumbs scattered all the way toward the dark trees

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e3:o2:1
# text = Mole-scented leaves and a trail of crumbs scattered all the way toward the dark trees
1	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	scented	scent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **scatter** | participle | crumbs *not said here* | all way |  | the dark trees |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme toward tree=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fresh golosh tracks to the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e3:o3:1
# text = Fresh golosh tracks to the field
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	golosh	golosh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fresh golosh prints leading to the Wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:34-willows-ch3-part2-the-terror-of-the-wild-wood:e3:o4:1
# text = Fresh golosh prints leading to the Wood
1	Fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	golosh	golosh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	prints	print	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	leading	lead	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | gerund | Fresh golosh prints *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the Wood | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to wood=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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