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# Exam question 3 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 4: The Return o…

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It is given that recompense was made to several persons. Select the response which correctly identifies the gift dispatched to the gaoler's daughter.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response, gift · **What happens:** give, make, select, identify, dispatch · **To what, where:** It, recompense, response, daughter

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that recompense was made to several persons.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e3:1
# text = It is given that recompense was made to several persons.
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	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	recompense	recompense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive |  | that recompense |  |  |  | to several persons | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Select the response which correctly identifies the gift dispatched to the gaoler's daughter.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e3:2
# text = Select the response which correctly identifies the gift dispatched to the gaoler's daughter.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **dispatch** | past | the gift |  | the gaoler's daughter |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to daughter=Destination |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A gold chain and locket set with pearls, sent with a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e3:o1:1
# text = A gold chain and locket set with pearls, sent with a letter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	locket	locket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | participle |  | a gold chain and locket set with pearls *not said here* |  |  |  | with a letter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A silver locket and a letter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e3:o2:1
# text = A silver locket and a letter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	locket	locket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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A gold chain and locket set with pearls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e3:o3:1
# text = A gold chain and locket set with pearls
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	locket	locket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A gold watch with a chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad:e3:o4:1
# text = A gold watch with a chain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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