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title: Identify the occupation assigned to Toad by the Badger upon the morn… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the occupation assigned to Toad by the Badger upon the morning following the recapture of Toad Hall. Exam question 1 of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» of the books course of Mova's
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o…

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Identify the occupation assigned to Toad by the Badger upon the morning following the recapture of Toad Hall.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, assign, follow, recapture · **To what, where:** occupation, recapture, Toad Hall

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return of Ulysses (the invitations, «SPEECH BY TOAD» and «not one little song»)» 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/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e1:1
# text = Identify the occupation assigned to Toad by the Badger upon the morning following the recapture of Toad Hall.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
13	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	recapture	recapture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	Hall	Hall	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 occupation |  |  | morning |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occupation=Theme |
| 2 | **assign** | participle |  | the occupation *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Badger | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **follow** | gerund | you *not said here* | the recapture of Toad Hall |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent recapture=Theme |
| 4 | **recapture** |  |  | Toad Hall |  |  |  |  | nom recapture «act transitive»: 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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Writing and posting all the invitations to the Banquet and the party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e1:o1:1
# text = Writing and posting all the invitations to the Banquet and the party
1	Writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	posting	post	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	6	det:predet	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	invitations	invitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **post** | gerund |  | all invitations |  | the Banquet |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme to banquet=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sending letters to the weasels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e1:o2:1
# text = Sending letters to the weasels
1	Sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund |  | letters | the weasels |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to weasel=Destination |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The writing of invitations to the Banquet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e1:o3:1
# text = The writing of invitations to the Banquet
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	writing	writing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	invitations	invitation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** |  |  | invitations |  |  |  | to the Banquet | nom writing «act transitive»: of=patient to=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Arranging all the guests for the big Banquet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e1:o4:1
# text = Arranging all the guests for the big Banquet
1	Arranging	arrange	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | gerund |  | all guests |  |  |  | for the big Banquet | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent guest=Product for banquet=Beneficiary |

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