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title: Ascertain the persons whose attendance Toad requested of the Rat. — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the persons whose attendance Toad requested of the Rat. Exam question 2 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 pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

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Ascertain the persons whose attendance Toad requested of the Rat.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, attendance · **What happens:** ascertain, request · **To what, where:** persons

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the persons whose attendance Toad requested of the Rat.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the persons |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic |
| 2 | **request** | past | attendance |  |  |  |  | of the Rat | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=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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A doctor and a lawyer, and perhaps the Badger too, as soon as possible

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e2:o1:1
# text = A doctor and a lawyer, and perhaps the Badger too, as soon as possible
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
11	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	as	as	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Mole and the Badger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e2:o2:1
# text = The Mole and the Badger
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A doctor and a lawyer, both from the nearest town, and urgently needed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e2:o3:1
# text = A doctor and a lawyer, both from the nearest town, and urgently needed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	urgently	urgently	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | urgently *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A doctor and a lawyer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:47-willows-ch6-part3-toad-tricks-the-rat:e2:o4:1
# text = A doctor and a lawyer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	lawyer	lawyer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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