--- title: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Badger says the people will never, ever… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Badger says the people will never, ever come back.» Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/t2/) [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 IV, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t… Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Badger says the people will never, ever come back.» **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this, Badger, people · **What happens:** be, say, not come back · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» 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/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Is this TRUE or FALSE? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t2:1 # text = Is this TRUE or FALSE? 1 Is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 3 TRUE true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 FALSE false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | this *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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:* «The Badger says the people will never, ever come back.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t2:2 # text = «The Badger says the people will never, ever come back.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 11 advmod _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the Badger | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **come back** *in a quote* | future | the people | | | | ever | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} True ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t2:o1:1 # text = True 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} False, never ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t2:o2:1 # text = False, never 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} False: he says they never return at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t2:o3:1 # text = False: he says they never return at all 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **return** | present | they | | | all | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} False: he says perhaps they will, for a time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t2:o4:1 # text = False: he says perhaps they will, for a time 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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