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description: Identify the circumstance which, by Toad's own reckoning, was «worth fifty blankets» upon his awakening. Exam question 1 of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

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Identify the circumstance which, by Toad's own reckoning, was «worth fifty blankets» upon his awakening.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Toad · **What happens:** identify, be, reckon, awaken · **To what, where:** circumstance · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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/61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e1:1
# text = Identify the circumstance which, by Toad's own reckoning, was «worth fifty blankets» upon his awakening.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reckoning	reckoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	worth	worth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
15	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	blankets	blanket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
18	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	awakening	awakening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	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 circumstance |  |  |  | by Toad's own reckoning | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | upon Toad's awakening; worth *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reckon** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom reckoning «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **awaken** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom awakening «act intransitive»: 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 {#o1}

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The realisation that he had been rescued by a kind passing barge-woman and her husband

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e1:o1:1
# text = The realisation that he had been rescued by a kind passing barge-woman and her husband
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	realisation	realisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
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	aux:pass	_	_
7	rescued	rescue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rescue** | past · perfect · passive | a kind and woman's husband | he |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | gerund | a kind and woman's husband *not said here* | barge woman |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme woman=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The realisation that he was free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e1:o2:1
# text = The realisation that he was free
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	realisation	realisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the realisation that he |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The thought of his lovely home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e1:o3:1
# text = The thought of his lovely home
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** |  |  | his lovely home |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Finding out that the police had given up searching for him in the wood at last

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e1:o4:1
# text = Finding out that the police had given up searching for him in the wood at last
1	Finding	find	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find out** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give up** | past · perfect · passive |  | the police |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
| 3 | **search** | gerund |  |  |  | the wood |  | for him *= he*; at last | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme in wood=Location |

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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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