--- title: Identify the means by which the barge-woman ascertained Toad's true… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the means by which the barge-woman ascertained Toad's true identity. Exam question 1 of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dep --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/e1/) [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 X, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad… Identify the means by which the barge-woman ascertained Toad's true identity. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, the, barge woman · **What happens:** identify, mean, ascertain · **To what, where:** true identity This is exam question 1 of lesson 62 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Adventures of Toad (into the canal, the stolen horse and «a shilling a leg»)» 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/62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e1:1 # text = Identify the means by which the barge-woman ascertained Toad's true identity. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 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 3 obl _ _ 10 ascertained ascertain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 identity identity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | the | | | | | by the barge woman | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ascertain** | participle | the barge woman *not said here* | Toad's true identity | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic | 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} By peering closely ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e1:o1:1 # text = By peering closely 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 closely closely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peer** | gerund | | | | | | closely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} By peering very closely beneath the brim of his bonnet at his face ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e1:o2:1 # text = By peering very closely beneath the brim of his bonnet at his face 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 closely closely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 brim brim NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 bonnet bonnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peer** | gerund | | | | his face | | beneath the brim of his bonnet; closely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent beneath brim=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} By peering closely beneath his bonnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e1:o3:1 # text = By peering closely beneath his bonnet 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 peering peer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 closely closely ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 bonnet bonnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **peer** | gerund | | | | | | beneath his bonnet; closely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent beneath bonnet=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} By looking under his bonnet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e1:o4:1 # text = By looking under his bonnet 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 bonnet bonnet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | under his bonnet | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent under bonnet=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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