--- title: Select the response which most accurately characterises the inscript… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response which most accurately characterises the inscription upon the brass plate. Exam question 3 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 dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo… Select the response which most accurately characterises the inscription upon the brass plate. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e3:1 # text = Select the response which most accurately characterises the inscription upon the brass plate. 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 inscription inscription NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 brass brass NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 plate plate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | | | | upon the brass plate; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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} Faded, in small curly letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e3:o1:1 # text = Faded, in small curly letters 1 Faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 curly curly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fade** | participle | | | | small curly letters | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} MR. BADGER, in square capital letters ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e3:o2:1 # text = MR. BADGER, in square capital letters 1 MR. MR. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod:desc _ _ 2 BADGER BADGER PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 square square ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 parataxis _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Written in neat cursive script ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e3:o3:1 # text = Written in neat cursive script 1 Written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 neat neat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 cursive cursive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 script script NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | participle | | | | neat cursive script | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in script=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Engraved in a faded script, reading MR. BADGER, with a crest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:e3:o4:1 # text = Engraved in a faded script, reading MR. BADGER, with a crest 1 Engraved engrave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 faded fade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 script script NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 reading read VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 MR. MR. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:desc _ _ 9 BADGER BADGER PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crest crest NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **engrave** | participle | | | | a faded script | | with a crest | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in script=Destination | | 2 | **fade** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **read** | gerund | a faded script *not said here* | BADGER MR. | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent badger=Topic | **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. 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