--- title: Identify the instrument with which the Badger declared he would acco… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the instrument with which the Badger declared he would accomplish his share of the enterprise. Exam question 1 of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» of the books course of Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o… Identify the instrument with which the Badger declared he would accomplish his share of the enterprise. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Badger · **What happens:** identify, declare, accomplish, share · **To what, where:** instrument, share, enterprise This is exam question 1 of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» 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/70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e1:1 # text = Identify the instrument with which the Badger declared he would accomplish his share of the enterprise. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 instrument instrument NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 accomplish accomplish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 enterprise enterprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the instrument | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent instrument=Theme | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the Badger | | | | | with the instrument | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **accomplish** | would | Badger | Badger's share of the enterprise | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Eventuality | | 4 | **share** | | Badger | the enterprise | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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} His cudgel ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e1:o1:1 # text = His cudgel 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 cudgel cudgel NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His stick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e1:o2:1 # text = His stick 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 stick stick NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e1:o3:1 # text = Hands 1 Hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Pistol ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e1:o4:1 # text = Pistol 1 Pistol pistol NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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