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title: Identify the condition in which the prisoner passed the initial week… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the condition in which the prisoner passed the initial weeks of his confinement. Exam question 1 of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adve…

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Identify the condition in which the prisoner passed the initial weeks of his confinement.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, prisoner · **What happens:** identify, pass, confine · **To what, where:** condition

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 52 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 1: Toad's Adventures (the gaoler's daughter and the buttered toast)» 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/52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:e1:1
# text = Identify the condition in which the prisoner passed the initial weeks of his confinement.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	passed	pass	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	initial	initial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	confinement	confinement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | past | the prisoner |  |  | the condition | week |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in which=Location |
| 3 | **confine** |  | prisoner |  |  |  |  |  | nom confinement «state transitive»: poss=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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Calmly reading books and writing letters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:e1:o1:1
# text = Calmly reading books and writing letters
1	Calmly	calmly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cheerful and well fed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:e1:o2:1
# text = Cheerful and well fed
1	Cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
4	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In cheerful spirits, eating heartily each day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:e1:o3:1
# text = In cheerful spirits, eating heartily each day
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spirits	spirit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	heartily	heartily	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund |  |  |  | cheerful spirits | day | heartily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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In lamentation and despair, declining his meals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:52-willows-ch8-part1-the-gaolers-daughter:e1:o4:1
# text = In lamentation and despair, declining his meals
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	lamentation	lamentation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	despair	despair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	declining	decline	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decline** | gerund |  | his meals |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meal=Theme |

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