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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

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It is given that the Mole sustained an injury to the shin. Ascertain the treatment administered by the Badger.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mole, you · **What happens:** give, sustain, ascertain, administer · **To what, where:** It, injury, treatment

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» 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/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the Mole sustained an injury to the shin.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:e3:1
# text = It is given that the Mole sustained an injury to the shin.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shin	shin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **sustain** | past | the Mole | a injury |  |  |  | to the shin | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Ascertain the treatment administered by the Badger.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:e3:2
# text = Ascertain the treatment administered by the Badger.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	administered	administer	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	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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 treatment |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treatment=Topic |
| 2 | **administer** | participle |  | the treatment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Warm water rubbed on with a cloth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:e3:o1:1
# text = Warm water rubbed on with a cloth
1	Warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub on** | participle |  | Warm water *not said here* |  |  |  | with a cloth | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with cloth=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He washed it and wrapped it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:e3:o2:1
# text = He washed it and wrapped it up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	washed	wash	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | past | He | it |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **wrap up** | past | He *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Bathing with warm water and sticking-plaster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:e3:o3:1
# text = Bathing with warm water and sticking-plaster
1	Bathing	bath	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	sticking	sticking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	plaster	plaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bath** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with warm water and sticking plaster | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:e3:o4:1
# text = Cold water
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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