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title: Identify the article of attire which the Water Rat directed Toad to… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the article of attire which the Water Rat directed Toad to remove upon his arrival. Exam question 1 of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

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Identify the article of attire which the Water Rat directed Toad to remove upon his arrival.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Water Rat, Rat · **What happens:** identify, direct, remove, article, arrive · **To what, where:** article, attire

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» 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/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:e1:1
# text = Identify the article of attire which the Water Rat directed Toad to remove upon his arrival.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	attire	attire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	directed	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	remove	remove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 article of attire |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent article=Theme |
| 2 | **direct** | past | the Water Rat | the article of attire |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **remove** | to-infinitive | the Water Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon Rat's arrival | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **article** |  |  | attire |  |  |  |  | nom article «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **arrive** |  | Rat |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The muddy overcoat he had been wearing all along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:e1:o1:1
# text = The muddy overcoat he had been wearing all along
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	muddy	muddy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	overcoat	overcoat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux	_	_
7	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	along	along	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past · perfect · progressive | the muddy overcoat |  |  |  |  | all, along *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The cotton gown formerly belonging to a washerwoman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:e1:o2:1
# text = The cotton gown formerly belonging to a washerwoman
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gown	gown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gown** | infinitive | the cotton |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | gerund | the cotton *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a washerwoman; formerly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The rusty hat fastened under his chin tightly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:e1:o3:1
# text = The rusty hat fastened under his chin tightly
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	chin	chin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fasten** | past | the rusty hat |  |  | his chin |  | tightly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cotton gown formerly belonging to a washerwoman and the bonnet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them:e1:o4:1
# text = The cotton gown formerly belonging to a washerwoman and the bonnet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cotton	cotton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gown	gown	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	belonging	belong	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	washerwoman	washerwoman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bonnet	bonnet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gown** | infinitive | the cotton |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **belong** | gerund | the cotton *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a washerwoman and the bonnet; formerly *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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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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