--- title: Identify the manner in which Toad comported himself in response to t… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the manner in which Toad comported himself in response to the congratulations of his guests. Exam question 1 of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» of the books course of Mova's p --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/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/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o… Identify the manner in which Toad comported himself in response to the congratulations of his guests. **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Toad, guests · **What happens:** identify, comport, congratulate · **To what, where:** manner, Toad This is exam question 1 of lesson 73 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return of Ulysses (Toad's last little song, an altered Toad, and the end of the book)» 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/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e1:1 # text = Identify the manner in which Toad comported himself in response to the congratulations of his guests. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obl _ _ 6 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 comported comport VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 congratulations congratulation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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 manner | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 2 | **comport** | past | Toad | Toad | | the manner | | in response to the congratulations of Toad's guests | tree rules | | 3 | **congratulate** | | Toad's guests | | | | | | nom congratulation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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 {#o1} He cheered ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e1:o1:1 # text = He cheered 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheer** | past | He | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} He shouted «Hurrah!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e1:o2:1 # text = He shouted «Hurrah!» 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shouted shout VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Hurrah Hurrah PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past | He | Hurrah | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hurrah=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He murmured «Not at all!» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e1:o3:1 # text = He murmured «Not at all!» 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 murmured murmur VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 « « PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **murmur** *speech: other* | past | He | | | all | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} He bowed to Badger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e1:o4:1 # text = He bowed to Badger 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bow** | past | He | | Badger | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to badger=Pivot | **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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