--- title: Ascertain the situation in which the missing young otter was discove… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the situation in which the missing young otter was discovered. Exam question 3 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 tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/e3/) [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/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at… Ascertain the situation in which the missing young otter was discovered. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, discover · **To what, where:** situation, missing young otter This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the situation in which the missing young otter was discovered. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 situation situation NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 otter otter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 discovered discover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the situation | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent situation=Topic | | 2 | **discover** | past · passive | | the missing young otter | | the situation | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Asleep, in entire peace and contentment, between the hooves of the Friend and Helper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e3:o1:1 # text = Asleep, in entire peace and contentment, between the hooves of the Friend and Helper 1 Asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hooves hoove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Helper Helper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Asleep, in entire peace and contentment, between the hooves of the Friend and Helper, having been brought there by the Rat and the Mole at dawn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e3:o2:1 # text = Asleep, in entire peace and contentment, between the hooves of the Friend and Helper, having been brought there by the Rat and the Mole at dawn 1 Asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hooves hoove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Helper Helper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 aux _ _ 19 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 dawn dawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | gerund · perfect · passive | the Rat and the Mole | | | there | dawn | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Asleep, in entire peace and contentment, between the hooves of the Friend and Helper, on the little island in the middle of the stream ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e3:o3:1 # text = Asleep, in entire peace and contentment, between the hooves of the Friend and Helper, on the little island in the middle of the stream 1 Asleep asleep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 entire entire ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 hooves hoove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 Helper Helper PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 island island NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Sleeping in a hollow log, found by the Badger the next morning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:e3:o4:1 # text = Sleeping in a hollow log, found by the Badger the next morning 1 Sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj:pass _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 hollow hollow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 log log NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | gerund | | | | a hollow log | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in log=Location | | 2 | **find** | participle | Sleeping | | | | morning | by the Badger | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | **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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