--- title: Ascertain the stratagem by which the prisoner's escape from the trai… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the stratagem by which the prisoner's escape from the train was effected. Exam question 3 of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/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 VIII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve… Ascertain the stratagem by which the prisoner's escape from the train was effected. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, stratagem, prisoner · **What happens:** ascertain, affect, escape · **To what, where:** stratagem, escape, train This is exam question 3 of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» 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/55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the stratagem by which the prisoner's escape from the train was effected. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 stratagem stratagem NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 effected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stratagem | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stratagem=Topic | | 2 | **affect** | past · passive | the stratagem | the prisoner's escape from the train | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **escape** | | the prisoner | | | the train | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Rapid passage through a tunnel, followed by braking and a leap into the adjoining wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:e3:o1:1 # text = Rapid passage through a tunnel, followed by braking and a leap into the adjoining wood 1 Rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 8 by by SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 braking brake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 adjoining adjoin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | participle | | a tunnel *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **brake** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **adjoin** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} A long chase through the fields and a daring swim across the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:e3:o2:1 # text = A long chase through the fields and a daring swim across the river 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chase chase NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 daring daring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 swim swim NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 11 across across ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Deceit of the guard, a bribe, and a sudden swim across the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:e3:o3:1 # text = Deceit of the guard, a bribe, and a sudden swim across the river 1 Deceit deceit NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bribe bribe NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 swim swim NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 13 across across ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Rapid passage through a long tunnel, followed by sudden braking, a leap into the adjoining wood, and a long hide-out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:55-willows-ch8-part4-the-chase-and-the-tunnel:e3:o4:1 # text = Rapid passage through a long tunnel, followed by sudden braking, a leap into the adjoining wood, and a long hide-out 1 Rapid rapid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 tunnel tunnel NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 sudden sudden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 braking braking NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 adjoining adjoin VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 amod _ _ 18 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 22 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 23 hide hide NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 out out NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | participle | | a long tunnel *not said here* | | | | by sudden braking | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by braking=Location | | 2 | **adjoin** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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