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title: Ascertain the interpretation placed by the Mole upon the discovery o… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the interpretation placed by the Mole upon the discovery of the door-scraper. Exam question 2 of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

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Ascertain the interpretation placed by the Mole upon the discovery of the door-scraper.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, place, discover · **To what, where:** interpretation, discovery, door scraper

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the interpretation placed by the Mole upon the discovery of the door-scraper.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	placed	place	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	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 interpretation |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Topic |
| 2 | **place** | participle |  | the interpretation *not said here* |  | the discovery of the door scraper |  | by the Mole | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon discovery=Destination |
| 3 | **discover** |  |  | the door scraper |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=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 {#o1}

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That someone was scraping the path clean

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e2:o1:1
# text = That someone was scraping the path clean
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	scraping	scrape	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrape** | past · progressive | someone | the path |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent path=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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That a careless person had left it lying about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e2:o2:1
# text = That a careless person had left it lying about
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme it=Attribute |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That a neighbour had left it out by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e2:o3:1
# text = That a neighbour had left it out by mistake
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave out** | past · perfect | that neighbour | it |  |  |  | by mistake | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That a careless person had left it lying about after cleaning the boots of a visitor

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e2:o4:1
# text = That a careless person had left it lying about after cleaning the boots of a visitor
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	reparandum	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	cleaning	clean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	visitor	visitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect | a careless person | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | a careless person *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **clean** | gerund | a careless person *not said here* | the boots of a visitor |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boot=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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