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description: Select the response which most accurately characterises the consequence of Toad's assertion that he delighted in washing. Exam question 3 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 M
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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

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Select the response which most accurately characterises the consequence of Toad's assertion that he delighted in washing.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Toad · **What happens:** select, characteris, delight, assert · **To what, where:** response, assertion, washing

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e3:1
# text = Select the response which most accurately characterises the consequence of Toad's assertion that he delighted in washing.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	assertion	assertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	delighted	delight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	washing	washing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the response |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **delight** | past | Toad | Toad's assertion *not said here* |  | washing |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assertion=Experiencer |
| 4 | **assert** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom assertion «communication 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He was set to wash the barge-woman's garments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e3:o1:1
# text = He was set to wash the barge-woman's garments
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive |  | the barge woman's garments |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He was forced to wash every garment on the barge and then iron them carefully all afternoon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e3:o2:1
# text = He was forced to wash every garment on the barge and then iron them carefully all afternoon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	garment	garment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	iron	iron	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | every garment |  | the barge |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient |
| 3 | **iron** | infinitive | He *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  | then; afternoon | carefully *property* | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was sent to fetch the horse from the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e3:o3:1
# text = He was sent to fetch the horse from the field
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fetch** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the horse |  | the field |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from field=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was made to wash the barge-woman's garments and then dig a hole in the towpath for her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:61-willows-ch10-part1-the-barge-woman:e3:o4:1
# text = He was made to wash the barge-woman's garments and then dig a hole in the towpath for her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	towpath	towpath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wash** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the barge woman's garments |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garment=Patient |
| 3 | **dig** | infinitive | He *not said here* | a hole |  | the towpath | then | for woman | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hole=Result for she=Beneficiary |

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