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title: «the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting you… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 4 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank…

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«the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.» Is the writer being serious?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best part, other fellows, writer · **What happens:** not be, rest, see, work, be · **To what, where:** yourself, other fellows

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 25 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 1: The River Bank (the Mole leaves his spring-cleaning and meets the Rat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t4:1
# text = «the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
16	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
21	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	fellows	fellow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
25	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
26	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | the best part of a holiday |  |  |  |  | much, perhaps *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **rest** *in a quote* | to-infinitive · progressive | the best part of a holiday *not said here* | yourself |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location yourself=Theme |
| 3 | **see** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the best part of a holiday *not said here* | all other fellows |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fellow=Stimulus |
| 4 | **work** *in a quote* | gerund | all other fellows *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Is the writer being serious?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t4:2
# text = Is the writer being serious?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the writer |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, serious: he really wants the Mole to rest in the sun all day long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t4:o1:1
# text = Yes, serious: he really wants the Mole to rest in the sun all day long
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
17	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mole=Theme |
| 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | the sun | day | long *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Partly: he means it but only for the rabbits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t4:o2:1
# text = Partly: he means it but only for the rabbits
1	Partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | he | it |  |  |  | partly *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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

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Not really: it's a cheeky joke that's a bit true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t4:o3:1
# text = Not really: it's a cheeky joke that's a bit true
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	cheeky	cheeky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a cheeky joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | present | a cheeky joke |  |  |  |  | true *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he is serious, and he means every word about resting in holidays

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:25-willows-ch1-part1-the-mole-meets-the-river:t4:o4:1
# text = Yes, he is serious, and he means every word about resting in holidays
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	resting	rest	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | serious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | he | every word |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic |
| 3 | **rest** | gerund | every word *not said here* |  |  | holidays |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in holiday=Location |

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