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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's response upon learning the cause of the Mole's distress? Exam question 2 of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» of the books course of Mova's 
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's response upon learning the cause of the Mole's distress?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** response, Mole · **What happens:** follow, characteris, learn, cause, distress · **To what, where:** response, cause, distress

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» 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/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Rat's response upon learning the cause of the Mole's distress?
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	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	learning	learn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	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	distress	distress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 response |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **learn** | gerund | the Rat's response *not said here* | the cause of the Mole's distress |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic |
| 4 | **cause** |  |  | the Mole's distress |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **distress** |  | the Mole |  |  |  |  |  | nom distress «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Self-reproach, then a resolute return, and a long search of every hedge along the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:e2:o1:1
# text = Self-reproach, then a resolute return, and a long search of every hedge along the river
1	Self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	reproach	reproach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	resolute	resolute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	along	along	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** |  |  | every hedge |  |  |  | along the river | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient along=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sympathy, then a decision to continue onward in the dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:e2:o2:1
# text = Sympathy, then a decision to continue onward in the dark
1	Sympathy	Sympathy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	continue	continue	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the dark |  | onward *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Self-reproach, followed by a resolute return along the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:e2:o3:1
# text = Self-reproach, followed by a resolute return along the road
1	Self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	reproach	reproach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	resolute	resolute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	along	along	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle |  | Self reproach *not said here* |  |  |  | by a resolute return along the road | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by return=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Immediate self-reproach, followed by a resolute and immediate return along the snowy road toward the Wild Wood

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:e2:o4:1
# text = Immediate self-reproach, followed by a resolute and immediate return along the snowy road toward the Wild Wood
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
2	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	reproach	reproach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	followed	follow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	resolute	resolute	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	along	along	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	20	flat	_	_
20	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | participle |  | Immediate self reproach *not said here* |  |  |  | by a resolute return along the snowy road toward the Wild Wood | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by return=Location |

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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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