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title: Identify the agencies described as having «mastered the Water Rat an… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the agencies described as having «mastered the Water Rat and held him bound». Exam question 1 of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

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Identify the agencies described as having «mastered the Water Rat and held him bound».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, describe, have, master, hold · **To what, where:** agencies, Water Rat, him · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» 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/60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:e1:1
# text = Identify the agencies described as having «mastered the Water Rat and held him bound».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	agencies	agency	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	mastered	master	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	bound	bound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 agencies |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent agency=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  | the agencies *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **master** *in a quote* | past |  | the Water Rat |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **hold** *in a quote* | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | bound *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The shifting grey of the seafarer's eyes and the steadfast red of the wine

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:e1:o1:1
# text = The shifting grey of the seafarer's eyes and the steadfast red of the wine
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shifting	shifting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grey	grey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	seafarer	seafarer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	red	red	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The shifting eyes of the Mole and the steadfast gold of the ale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:e1:o2:1
# text = The shifting eyes of the Mole and the steadfast gold of the ale
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shifting	shifting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ale	ale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sea and the wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:e1:o3:1
# text = The sea and the wind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The seafarer's cold stare and the Rat's red wine glass on the table

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:60-willows-ch9-part5-the-call-and-the-cure:e1:o4:1
# text = The seafarer's cold stare and the Rat's red wine glass on the table
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seafarer	seafarer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	stare	stare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	wine	wine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** |  | the seafarer |  |  |  |  |  | nom stare «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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