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title: Identify the duration of the interview between the Badger and Toad i… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the duration of the interview between the Badger and Toad in the smoking-room. Exam question 1 of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

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Identify the duration of the interview between the Badger and Toad in the smoking-room.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify · **To what, where:** duration, smoking room

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:e1:1
# text = Identify the duration of the interview between the Badger and Toad in the smoking-room.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	interview	interview	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	smoking	smoking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the duration of the interview between the Badger and Toad |  | the smoking room |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent duration=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Some three-quarters of an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:e1:o1:1
# text = Some three-quarters of an hour
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Some two hours or so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:e1:o2:1
# text = Some two hours or so
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Some three-quarters of an hour, during which the Rat and Mole waited outside

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:e1:o3:1
# text = Some three-quarters of an hour, during which the Rat and Mole waited outside
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
2	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	quarters	quarter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
9	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | some three quarters of a hour |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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About half an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:e1:o4:1
# text = About half an hour
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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