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title: Ascertain the reason furnished by the field-mice for their early rem… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the reason furnished by the field-mice for their early removal. Exam question 3 of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All…

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Ascertain the reason furnished by the field-mice for their early removal.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, mice · **What happens:** ascertain, furnish, remove · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 56 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 1: Wayfarers All (change in the air)» 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/56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e3:1
# text = Ascertain the reason furnished by the field-mice for their early removal.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **furnish** | participle |  | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the field mice; for mice's early removal | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for removal=Recipient |
| 3 | **remove** |  | mice *= mouse* |  |  |  |  |  | nom removal «act 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The impending arrival of the harvesting machines and the scarcity of desirable flats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e3:o1:1
# text = The impending arrival of the harvesting machines and the scarcity of desirable flats
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	impending	impend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	harvesting	harvesting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	scarcity	scarcity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	desirable	desirable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	flats	flat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrive** |  | the harvesting machines and the scarcity of desirable flats |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The approach of the Rat and the need to avoid his picnic plans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e3:o2:1
# text = The approach of the Rat and the need to avoid his picnic plans
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	picnic	picnic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | to-infinitive |  | his picnic plans |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent plan=Location |
| 2 | **approach** |  | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | nom approach «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **plan** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The machines are coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e3:o3:1
# text = The machines are coming
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | the machines |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Winter is coming and the wheat will be gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:56-willows-ch9-part1-change-in-the-air:e3:o4:1
# text = Winter is coming and the wheat will be gone
1	Winter	Winter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wheat	wheat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | Winter |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | future · passive |  | the wheat |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=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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