--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's failure to halt in response to the Mole's appeal? Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of home)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/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 V, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t… Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's failure to halt in response to the Mole's appeal? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Rat, Mole · **What happens:** follow, characteris, halt, fail, appeal · **To what, where:** failure, response This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of 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/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:e3:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's failure to halt in response to the Mole's appeal? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 halt halt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 appeal appeal NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | | the Rat's failure | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **halt** | to-infinitive | | the Rat's failure *not said here* | | response to the Mole's appeal | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **fail** | | the Rat | | | | | | nom failure «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 5 | **appeal** | | the Mole | | | | | | nom appeal «communication intransitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Distance, and preoccupation with the weather and the way ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:e3:o1:1 # text = Distance, and preoccupation with the weather and the way 1 Distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 preoccupation preoccupation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} He was too far away and thought the Mole was lying ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:e3:o2:1 # text = He was too far away and thought the Mole was lying 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **lie** | past · progressive | the Mole | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Distance, and preoccupation with the weather, the snow, the way, and his own tired feet on the cold road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:e3:o3:1 # text = Distance, and preoccupation with the weather, the snow, the way, and his own tired feet on the cold road 1 Distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 preoccupation preoccupation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 20 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 cold cold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} He was ignoring the Mole's calls on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:e3:o4:1 # text = He was ignoring the Mole's calls on purpose 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 ignoring ignore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Mole Mole PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 calls call NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | past · progressive | He | the Mole's calls | | purpose | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme | | 2 | **call** | | the Mole | | | | | | nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent | **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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