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# Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Chief Weasel's commendation of «Good Toad, modest Toad, honest Toad»?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Chief Weasel · **What happens:** follow, characteris, commend · **To what, where:** commendation, Good Toad

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Chief Weasel's commendation of «Good Toad, modest Toad, honest Toad»?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	Weasel	Weasel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	commendation	commendation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Toad	toad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	modest	modest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the Chief Weasel's commendation of Good Toad |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **commend** |  | the Chief Weasel | Good Toad |  |  |  |  | nom commendation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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It was polite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e4:o1:1
# text = It was polite
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	polite	polite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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It was sarcastic, intended to excite derision

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e4:o2:1
# text = It was sarcastic, intended to excite derision
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	intended	intend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	excite	excite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	derision	derision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | It |  |  |  |  | sarcastic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **intend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **excite** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | derision |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus derision=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It was sincere praise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e4:o3:1
# text = It was sincere praise
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	praise	praise	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 a** | past | It | sincere praise |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It was a sincere tribute to Toad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:70-willows-ch12-part1-the-secret-passage-at-night:e4:o4:1
# text = It was a sincere tribute to Toad
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sincere	sincere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tribute	tribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | It | a sincere tribute | Toad |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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