--- title: It is given that Toad was conducted to the smoking-room. State the p… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that Toad was conducted to the smoking-room. State the prohibition there communicated to him. Exam question 3 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 pri --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/e3/) [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/72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 3: The Return o… It is given that Toad was conducted to the smoking-room. State the prohibition there communicated to him. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, conduct, state, communicate · **To what, where:** It, Toad, smoking room, prohibition This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that Toad was conducted to the smoking-room. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e3:1 # text = It is given that Toad was conducted to the smoking-room. 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 _ 7 mark _ _ 5 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 smoking smoking NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **conduct** | past · passive | | Toad | | the smoking room | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to room=Destination | 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. *Sentence 2:* State the prohibition there communicated to him. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e3:2 # text = State the prohibition there communicated to him. 1 State state VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prohibition prohibition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 communicated communicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the prohibition | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prohibition=Topic | | 2 | **communicate** | participle | | the prohibition *not said here* | Toad | | | | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No speeches at the Banquet tonight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e3:o1:1 # text = No speeches at the Banquet tonight 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} That there were to be no speeches, no songs, and no motor-car rides at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e3:o2:1 # text = That there were to be no speeches, no songs, and no motor-car rides at all 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 16 det _ _ 14 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 rides ride VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 17 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | That | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | no speeches and no songs | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **ride** | present | no motor car | | | all | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} That there were to be no speeches and no songs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e3:o3:1 # text = That there were to be no speeches and no songs 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 cop _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 speeches speech NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 songs song NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | That | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | no speeches and no songs | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} That he was not allowed to write letters at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:72-willows-ch12-part3-no-speeches-and-no-songs:e3:o4:1 # text = That he was not allowed to write letters at all 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 letters letter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | past · passive | | That | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **write** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | That *not said here* | letters | | all | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | **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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