--- title: Ascertain to whom Toad attributed the «mastermind» of the recapture… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain to whom Toad attributed the «mastermind» of the recapture of Toad Hall. Exam question 2 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, with --- [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/e2/) [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/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o… Ascertain to whom Toad attributed the «mastermind» of the recapture of Toad Hall. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Toad · **What happens:** ascertain, attribute, recapture · **To what, where:** mastermind, Toad Hall This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e2:1 # text = Ascertain to whom Toad attributed the «mastermind» of the recapture of Toad Hall. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 4 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 attributed attribute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 ccomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 mastermind mastermind NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 recapture recapture NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **attribute** | past | Toad | the mastermind of the recapture of Toad Hall | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **recapture** | | | Toad Hall | | | | | nom recapture «act transitive»: of=patient | 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} The Mole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e2:o1:1 # text = The Mole 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The Toad ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e2:o2:1 # text = The Toad 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Toad Toad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Badger ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e2:o3:1 # text = The Badger 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Otter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e2:o4:1 # text = The Otter 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Otter Otter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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