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title: Ascertain the nature of the intelligence imparted by the Mole to the… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the nature of the intelligence imparted by the Mole to the sentries. Exam question 2 of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ascertain the nature of the intelligence imparted by the Mole to the sentries.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, impart · **To what, where:** nature, intelligence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» 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/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the nature of the intelligence imparted by the Mole to the sentries.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	imparted	impart	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nature of the intelligence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic |
| 2 | **impart** | participle |  | the intelligence *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Mole; to the sentries | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A completely invented description of an approaching army of rats, badgers and toads that would strike at dawn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:e2:o1:1
# text = A completely invented description of an approaching army of rats, badgers and toads that would strike at dawn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	amod	_	_
8	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rats	rat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	badgers	badger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	toads	toad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
16	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **approach** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **strike** | would | a invented description of a approaching army of rats and badgers and toads |  |  |  | dawn |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **describe** |  |  | a approaching army of rats and badgers and toads |  |  |  |  | nom description «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A polite greeting and an offer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:e2:o2:1
# text = A polite greeting and an offer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	greeting	greeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fictitious account of a huge and imminent badger attack from several sides at once

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:e2:o3:1
# text = A fictitious account of a huge and imminent badger attack from several sides at once
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	imminent	imminent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	badger	badger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	sides	side	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | a huge badger attack from several sides |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A fictitious account of an imminent attack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:e2:o4:1
# text = A fictitious account of an imminent attack
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fictitious	fictitious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	imminent	imminent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | a imminent attack |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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