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title: Identify the warning conveyed by the Badger to the Rat upon the morn… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the warning conveyed by the Badger to the Rat upon the morning of Toad's escape. Exam question 1 of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

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Identify the warning conveyed by the Badger to the Rat upon the morning of Toad's escape.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Toad · **What happens:** identify, convey, escape · **To what, where:** warning, Rat

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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/47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e1:1
# text = Identify the warning conveyed by the Badger to the Rat upon the morning of Toad's escape.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	conveyed	convey	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	escape	escape	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 warning |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent warning=Theme |
| 2 | **convey** | participle |  | the warning *not said here* | the Rat |  | morning |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to rat=Recipient |
| 3 | **escape** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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That Toad was most rude when most cheerful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e1:o1:1
# text = That Toad was most rude when most cheerful
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Toad |  |  |  |  | rude *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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That Toad was least dangerous when quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e1:o2:1
# text = That Toad was least dangerous when quiet
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	least	least	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that Toad |  |  |  |  | dangerous, least, quiet *property* | tree rules |

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

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That Toad was most cunning when most submissive

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e1:o3:1
# text = That Toad was most cunning when most submissive
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	submissive	submissive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that Toad | cunning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That Toad was most cunning when most submissive, so the Rat should have watched him closely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e1:o4:1
# text = That Toad was most cunning when most submissive, so the Rat should have watched him closely
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	submissive	submissive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	watched	watch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that Toad | cunning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **watch** | should · perfect | the Rat | Toad |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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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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