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title: Identify the effect produced upon the creatures of the Wild Wood by… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the effect produced upon the creatures of the Wild Wood by the appearance of the Rat. Exam question 1 of lesson 35 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Wood (the Rat finds the Mole, and the snow comes)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Woo…

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Identify the effect produced upon the creatures of the Wild Wood by the appearance of the Rat.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, produce · **To what, where:** effect

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 35 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 3: The Wild Wood (the Rat finds the Mole, and the snow comes)» 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/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:e1:1
# text = Identify the effect produced upon the creatures of the Wild Wood by the appearance of the Rat.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	11	flat	_	_
11	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 effect |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent effect=Theme |
| 2 | **produce** | participle |  | the effect *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the creatures of the Wild Wood; by the appearance of the Rat | vn create-26.4 «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 {#o1}

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They vanished immediately, leaving the Mole alone with only the Rat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:e1:o1:1
# text = They vanished immediately, leaving the Mole alone with only the Rat
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | They |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | They *not said here* | the Mole |  |  |  | with the Rat; alone *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent mole=Recipient with rat=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They all turned to stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:e1:o2:1
# text = They all turned to stone
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | They |  |  | stone |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to stone=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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They gathered around the Rat and bowed to him before quietly disappearing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:e1:o3:1
# text = They gathered around the Rat and bowed to him before quietly disappearing
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gathered	gather	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	before	before	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
12	disappearing	disappear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gather** | past | They |  |  | the Rat |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bow** | past | They *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | before, quietly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot |
| 3 | **disappear** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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They vanished immediately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood:e1:o4:1
# text = They vanished immediately
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | past | They |  |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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