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

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It is given that the Badger dismissed the hedgehogs. Ascertain the provision made for them.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Badger, you · **What happens:** give, dismiss, ascertain, make · **To what, where:** It, hedgehogs, provision

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» 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/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the Badger dismissed the hedgehogs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e3:1
# text = It is given that the Badger dismissed the hedgehogs.
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	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | **dismiss** | past | the Badger | the hedgehogs |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hedgehog=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 provision made for them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e3:2
# text = Ascertain the provision made for them.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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 provision |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | the provision *not said here* |  |  |  | for hedgehogs *= hedgehog* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for they=Asset |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Sixpence each and a kiss goodbye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e3:o1:1
# text = Sixpence each and a kiss goodbye
1	Sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod:unmarked	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	goodbye	goodbye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Sixpence apiece and a pat on the head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e3:o2:1
# text = Sixpence apiece and a pat on the head
1	Sixpence	sixpence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	apiece	apiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pat	pat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Two pennies apiece, a pat on the head, and a long lecture on the proper way to fry ham.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e3:o3:1
# text = Two pennies apiece, a pat on the head, and a long lecture on the proper way to fry ham.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	apiece	apiece	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pat	pat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lecture	lecture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
15	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	fry	fry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl	_	_
21	ham	ham	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fry** | to-infinitive |  | ham |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent ham=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A slice of bread and a ride home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e3:o4:1
# text = A slice of bread and a ride home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	slice	slice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slice** |  |  | bread |  |  |  |  | nom slice «possession transitive»: of=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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