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title: It is given that Toad precipitated a collision within the passage. S… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that Toad precipitated a collision within the passage. State the misapprehension thereby occasioned in the Badger. Exam question 3 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 th
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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

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It is given that Toad precipitated a collision within the passage. State the misapprehension thereby occasioned in the Badger.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Toad, you · **What happens:** give, precipitate, state, occasion · **To what, where:** It, collision, misapprehension

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that Toad precipitated a collision within the passage.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e3:1
# text = It is given that Toad precipitated a collision within the passage.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	precipitated	precipitate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	collision	collision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **precipitate** | past | Toad | a collision |  |  |  | within the passage | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the misapprehension thereby occasioned in the Badger.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e3:2
# text = State the misapprehension thereby occasioned in the Badger.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	misapprehension	misapprehension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	occasioned	occasion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the misapprehension |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent misapprehension=Topic |
| 2 | **occasion** | participle |  | the misapprehension *not said here* |  |  |  | thereby *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That the weasels were already in the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e3:o1:1
# text = That the weasels were already in the house
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | That |  |  | the house |  |  | tree rules |

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

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That the party was being attacked from the rear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e3:o2:1
# text = That the party was being attacked from the rear
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	attacked	attack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rear	rear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attack** | past · passive |  | that party |  | the rear |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That the Weasels had found them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e3:o3:1
# text = That the Weasels had found them
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past · perfect · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme they=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That a whole gang of weasels had come up from behind and attacked them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e3:o4:1
# text = That a whole gang of weasels had come up from behind and attacked them
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	reparandum	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	gang	gang	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	attacked	attack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come up** | past · perfect | a whole gang of weasels |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from behind=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **attack** | past | a whole gang of weasels *not said here* | weasels *= weasel* |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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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