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title: Identify the reason assigned by the narrator for the omission of the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the reason assigned by the narrator for the omission of the remainder of Toad's song. Exam question 1 of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» of the books course of Mova's primary school,
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

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Identify the reason assigned by the narrator for the omission of the remainder of Toad's song.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Toad · **What happens:** identify, assign, omit, sing · **To what, where:** reason, remainder

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» 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/63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e1:1
# text = Identify the reason assigned by the narrator for the omission of the remainder of Toad's song.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	omission	omission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **assign** | participle |  | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by the narrator; for the omission of the remainder of Toad's song *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for omission=Goal |
| 3 | **omit** |  |  | the remainder of Toad's song |  |  |  |  | nom omission «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **sing** |  | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | nom song «communication 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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Too silly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e1:o1:1
# text = Too silly
1	Too	too	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	silly	silly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because Toad asked the narrator to keep it hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e1:o2:1
# text = Because Toad asked the narrator to keep it hidden
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Toad | the narrator |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent narrator=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the narrator *not said here* | narrator |  |  |  | hidden *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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That it was too dreadfully conceited to be written down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e1:o3:1
# text = That it was too dreadfully conceited to be written down
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dreadfully	dreadfully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	conceited	conceited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	xcomp	_	_
10	down	down	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | That |  |  |  |  | conceited, dreadfully *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **write down** | to-infinitive · passive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Because the printer was busy with other work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e1:o4:1
# text = Because the printer was busy with other work
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	printer	printer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the printer |  |  |  |  | with other work; busy *property* | tree rules |

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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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