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title: Select the response which most accurately characterises the Mole's s… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response which most accurately characterises the Mole's state of mind upon the island. Exam question 2 of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

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Select the response which most accurately characterises the Mole's state of mind upon the island.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, characteris · **To what, where:** response

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e2:1
# text = Select the response which most accurately characterises the Mole's state of mind upon the island.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the response |  |  |  | upon the island; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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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Happy and calm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e2:o1:1
# text = Happy and calm
1	Happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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An awe which bowed his head, unaccompanied by panic and attended by peace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e2:o2:1
# text = An awe which bowed his head, unaccompanied by panic and attended by peace
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	awe	awe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	bowed	bow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	unaccompanied	unaccompanied	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	panic	panic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	attended	attend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bow** | past | a awe | awe's head |  |  |  |  | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic |
| 2 | **attend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by peace | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by peace=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fear that set his legs trembling and drove him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e2:o3:1
# text = A fear that set his legs trembling and drove him away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	trembling	tremble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	drove	drive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | a fear | his legs |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient leg=Result |
| 2 | **tremble** | gerund | a fear *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drive away** | past | a fear *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A great calm that left him sleepy and content in the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e2:o4:1
# text = A great calm that left him sleepy and content in the grass
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	calm	calm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	content	content	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | a great calm | him *= he* |  | the grass |  | sleepy *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in grass=Location |

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