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title: Ascertain the course of action adopted by Toad in pursuit of «solid… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the course of action adopted by Toad in pursuit of «solid revenge». Exam question 2 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
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 2: The Further Ad…

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Ascertain the course of action adopted by Toad in pursuit of «solid revenge».

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, adopt, pursue · **To what, where:** course, action, pursuit, solid revenge

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the course of action adopted by Toad in pursuit of «solid revenge».
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl:agent	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 course of action |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **adopt** | participle |  | action *not said here* |  | pursuit of solid revenge |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pursue** |  |  | solid revenge |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He stole the horse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e2:o1:1
# text = He stole the horse
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | He | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horse=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He unhitched the horse and rode off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e2:o2:1
# text = He unhitched the horse and rode off
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	unhitched	unhitch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unhitch** | past | He | the horse |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient |
| 2 | **ride off** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He detached the barge-horse from the tow-rope and departed upon it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e2:o3:1
# text = He detached the barge-horse from the tow-rope and departed upon it
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	detached	detach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	barge	barge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	tow	tow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **detach** | past | He | the barge horse |  |  |  | from the tow rope | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent horse=Patient from rope=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **depart** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon rope | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He rode away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:62-willows-ch10-part2-a-shilling-a-leg:e2:o4:1
# text = He rode away
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride away** | past | He |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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