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title: State the observation made by the Water Rat upon examining the groun… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the observation made by the Water Rat upon examining the ground of the island. Exam question 2 of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

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State the observation made by the Water Rat upon examining the ground of the island.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, make, examine · **To what, where:** observation, ground

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» 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/51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:e2:1
# text = State the observation made by the Water Rat upon examining the ground of the island.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	observation	observation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	examining	examine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the observation |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent observation=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | participle |  | the observation *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Water Rat | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **examine** | gerund |  | the ground of the island |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That a large bird had landed there, as the tracks in the mud showed

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:e2:o1:1
# text = That a large bird had landed there, as the tracks in the mud showed
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	landed	land	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	parataxis	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	mud	mud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **land** | past · perfect | That |  |  | there |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | past | the tracks in the mud |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That an otter had been there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:e2:o2:1
# text = That an otter had been there
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	otter	otter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | that otter |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That some great animal had been there, as hoof-marks in the sward attested

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:e2:o3:1
# text = That some great animal had been there, as hoof-marks in the sward attested
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
3	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	hoof	hoof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	parataxis	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sward	sward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	attested	attest	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past · perfect | that great animal |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **attest** | participle |  | hoof marks in the sward *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That a Badger came by

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:51-willows-ch7-part3-the-gift-of-forgetfulness:e2:o4:1
# text = That a Badger came by
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	reparandum	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come by** | past | a Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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