--- title: Identify the circumstance which occasioned the anxiety of the Otter… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the circumstance which occasioned the anxiety of the Otter family. Exam question 1 of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/e1/) [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 VII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at… Identify the circumstance which occasioned the anxiety of the Otter family. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, circumstance · **What happens:** identify, occasion · **To what, where:** circumstance, anxiety This is exam question 1 of lesson 49 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 1: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Portly is missing)» 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/49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:e1:1 # text = Identify the circumstance which occasioned the anxiety of the Otter family. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 circumstance circumstance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 occasioned occasion VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 anxiety anxiety NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the circumstance | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme | | 2 | **occasion** | past | the circumstance | the anxiety of the Otter family | | | | | tree rules | 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} The loss of a young otter, not yet a strong swimmer, for days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:e1:o1:1 # text = The loss of a young otter, not yet a strong swimmer, for days 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 otter otter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 12 advmod _ _ 9 yet yet ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 swimmer swimmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The disappearance of the family's cub and his swimming ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:e1:o2:1 # text = The disappearance of the family's cub and his swimming 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 disappearance disappearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 cub cub NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 swimming swimming NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **disappear** | | the family's cub | | | | | | nom disappearance «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 2 | **swim** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom swimming «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Portly's absence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:e1:o3:1 # text = Portly's absence 1 Portly Portly PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **absent** | | Portly | | | | | | nom absence «state transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The absence for some days of the young otter, an imperfect swimmer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:49-willows-ch7-part1-portly-is-missing:e1:o4:1 # text = The absence for some days of the young otter, an imperfect swimmer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 absence absence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 otter otter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 imperfect imperfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 swimmer swimmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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