--- title: It is given that the Rat desired to depart. Ascertain the means of d… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that the Rat desired to depart. Ascertain the means of departure provided by the Badger. Exam question 3 of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/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 IV, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t… It is given that the Rat desired to depart. Ascertain the means of departure provided by the Badger. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat, you, the · **What happens:** give, desire, depart, ascertain, mean, provide · **To what, where:** It, departure This is exam question 3 of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» 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/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that the Rat desired to depart. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e3:1 # text = It is given that the Rat desired to depart. 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 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **desire** | past | the Rat | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 3 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the means of departure provided by the Badger. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the means of departure provided by the Badger. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 6 provided provide VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | of departure | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **provide** | participle | | departure *not said here* | | | | by the Badger | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} A horse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e3:o1:1 # text = A horse 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A road through the open meadow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e3:o2:1 # text = A road through the open meadow 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A tunnel to the edge of the wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e3:o3:1 # text = A tunnel to the edge of the wood 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A path through the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e3:o4:1 # text = A path through the trees 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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