--- title: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat heard the Mole clearly and said no j… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat heard the Mole clearly and said no just to be mean.» Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of home)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/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 V, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t… Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat heard the Mole clearly and said no just to be mean.» **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this, Rat · **What happens:** be, hear, say · **To what, where:** Mole, no · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of 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/41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Is this TRUE or FALSE? ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home: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 Rat heard the Mole clearly and said no just to be mean.» ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t2:2 # text = «The Rat heard the Mole clearly and said no just to be mean.» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Mole mole NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 obj _ _ 11 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 14 mean mean ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** *in a quote* | past | the Rat | the Mole | | | | clearly *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer mole=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the Rat *not said here* | no | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | mean *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} True: the Rat heard him and simply refused to stop walking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t2:o1:1 # text = True: the Rat heard him and simply refused to stop walking 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Rat Rat PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 simply simply ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Rat | him *= he* | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **refuse** | past | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | simply *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **stop** | to-infinitive | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **walk** | gerund | the Rat *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} False: he was too far ahead to hear the pain in his voice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t2:o2:1 # text = False: he was too far ahead to hear the pain in his voice 1 False false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 5 too too ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 7 ahead ahead ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 pain pain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | his voice | | ahead, hear *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} True: he said no ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t2:o3:1 # text = True: he said no 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} True: he was just mean ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:41-willows-ch5-part1-the-call-of-home:t2:o4:1 # text = True: he was just mean 1 True true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | past | he | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V 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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