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description: Identify the reason assigned by Toad's father for withholding knowledge of the passage from his son. Exam question 1 of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer…

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Identify the reason assigned by Toad's father for withholding knowledge of the passage from his son.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, father · **What happens:** identify, assign, withhold · **To what, where:** reason, knowledge

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 68 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 4: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (the secret passage, the birthday banquet and «learn 'em»)» 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/68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:e1:1
# text = Identify the reason assigned by Toad's father for withholding knowledge of the passage from his son.
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	_	8	case	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	withholding	withhold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	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 Toad's father | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **withhold** | gerund | Toad's father *not said here* | knowledge of the passage from Toad's son |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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That his son was too greedy for gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:e1:o1:1
# text = That his son was too greedy for gold
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	greedy	greedy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his son |  |  |  |  | for gold; greedy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That his son could not hold his tongue and had once told the Chief Weasel about his car

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:e1:o2:1
# text = That his son could not hold his tongue and had once told the Chief Weasel about his car
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	12	advmod	_	_
12	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	Weasel	Weasel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	iobj	_	_
16	about	about	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** | could | his son | son's tongue |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · perfect | his son *not said here* |  | the Chief Weasel |  |  | about son's car; once *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent weasel=Recipient about car=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That his son could not hold his tongue, and would boast of it at every inn in the county

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:e1:o3:1
# text = That his son could not hold his tongue, and would boast of it at every inn in the county
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	boast	boast	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** | could | his son | son's tongue |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme |
| 2 | **boast** *speech: other* | would | his son *not said here* |  |  | every inn |  | of tongue; in the county | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That his son could not hold his tongue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:68-willows-ch11-part4-the-secret-passage:e1:o4:1
# text = That his son could not hold his tongue
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hold** | could | his son | son's tongue |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme |

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