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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

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Identify the remark which, by the narrator's account, caused Toad to «lose his head».

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Toad, narrator · **What happens:** identify, cause, lose, account · **To what, where:** remark, Toad, head

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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/64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:e1:1
# text = Identify the remark which, by the narrator's account, caused Toad to «lose his head».
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 remark |  |  |  | by the narrator's account | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent remark=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | past |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lose** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | Toad's head |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality |
| 4 | **account** |  | the narrator |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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«Be careful, washerwoman!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:e1:o1:1
# text = «Be careful, washerwoman!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	cop	_	_
3	careful	careful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | washerwoman *vocative*; careful *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Stop, thief!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:e1:o2:1
# text = «Stop, thief!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	thief	thief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | thief |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality thief=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Mind the bend, sir!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:e1:o3:1
# text = «Mind the bend, sir!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mind	mind	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bend	bend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sir	sir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mind** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | the bend |  |  |  | sir *vocative* | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bend=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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«Fancy a washerwoman driving!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:64-willows-ch10-part4-into-the-horse-pond:e1:o4:1
# text = «Fancy a washerwoman driving!»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fancy** *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a washerwoman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drive** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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