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description: It is given that the occupants of the car did not recognise Toad. State the condition they believed him to be in. Exam question 3 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 Mov
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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

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It is given that the occupants of the car did not recognise Toad. State the condition they believed him to be in.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** occupants, you · **What happens:** give, not recognise, state, believe, be · **To what, where:** It, Toad, condition · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the occupants of the car did not recognise Toad.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e3:1
# text = It is given that the occupants of the car did not recognise Toad.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	occupants	occupant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	recognise	recognise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **recognise** | past · do-support | the occupants of the car | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the condition they believed him to be in.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e3:2
# text = State the condition they believed him to be in.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic |
| 2 | **believe** | past | occupants *= occupant* | Toad |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | in *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A poor washerwoman who had collapsed and fainted in the middle of the road from the heat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e3:o1:1
# text = A poor washerwoman who had collapsed and fainted in the middle of the road from the heat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	collapsed	collapse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fainted	faint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collapse** | past · perfect | a poor washerwoman |  |  | the middle of the road |  | from the heat | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **faint** | participle | a poor washerwoman *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A kind farmer's wife, unwell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e3:o2:1
# text = A kind farmer's wife, unwell
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	unwell	unwell	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
```

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

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

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A washerwoman who had fainted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e3:o3:1
# text = A washerwoman who had fainted
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	fainted	faint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | past · perfect | a washerwoman |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fainted lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:63-willows-ch10-part3-the-conceited-song:e3:o4:1
# text = A fainted lady
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fainted	faint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **faint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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