--- title: Ascertain the number of motor-car accidents attributed to Toad as at… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the number of motor-car accidents attributed to Toad as at the time of the Rat's report. Exam question 1 of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/e1/) [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 IV, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (b… Ascertain the number of motor-car accidents attributed to Toad as at the time of the Rat's report. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, number, Rat · **What happens:** ascertain, attribute, report · **To what, where:** Toad This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 2: Mr. Badger (bad news of Toad, a winter promise, and two lost hedgehogs)» 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/38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:e1:1 # text = Ascertain the number of motor-car accidents attributed to Toad as at the time of the Rat's report. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 accidents accident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 9 attributed attribute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **attribute** | past | the number | | Toad | | time | of car accidents | tree rules | | 3 | **report** | | the Rat | | | | | | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Seven cars, all smashed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:e1:o1:1 # text = Seven cars, all smashed 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 det _ _ 5 smashed smashed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:e1:o2:1 # text = Seven 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seven, counting the coach-house wrecks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:e1:o3:1 # text = Seven, counting the coach-house wrecks 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 counting count VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 coach coach NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 wrecks wreck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | gerund | Seven | the house wrecks | | | | | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wreck=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:38-willows-ch4-part2-toad-news-and-hedgehogs:e1:o4:1 # text = Nine 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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