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title: «It's bostin' (great) — Queen Victoria is an Italian hero!» says Alf… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…

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«It's bostin' (great) — Queen Victoria is an Italian hero!» says Alfie. Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** It, Queen, bostin · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** bostin, Italian hero · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» 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/42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «It's bostin' (great) — Queen Victoria is an Italian hero!» says Alfie.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t3:1
# text = «It's bostin' (great) — Queen Victoria is an Italian hero!» says Alfie.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	bostin	bostin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Italian	Italian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
18	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | It | bostin |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Queen | a Italian hero |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **say** *speech: express* | present | bostin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t3:2
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No — the writer is joking; only Garibaldi was an Italian hero

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t3:o1:1
# text = No — the writer is joking; only Garibaldi was an Italian hero
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	joking	joke	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	Garibaldi	Garibaldi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Italian	Italian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **joke** *speech: other* | present · progressive | the writer | Garibaldi |  |  |  |  | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | a joking Italian hero |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No — Victoria was English, so Alfie is wrong only sometimes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t3:o2:1
# text = No — Victoria was English, so Alfie is wrong only sometimes
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | no Victoria English |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | Alfie |  |  |  |  | sometimes, wrong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Yes — Garibaldi and Victoria were both Italian heroes of modern history

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes — Garibaldi and Victoria were both Italian heroes of modern history
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	_
2	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Garibaldi	Garibaldi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	both	both	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	Italian	Italian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Garibaldi and Victoria | Italian heroes |  |  |  | of modern history; both *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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No, because the writer is serious and Queen Victoria was not a hero at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:42-willows-ch5-part2-mole-end:t3:o4:1
# text = No, because the writer is serious and Queen Victoria was not a hero at all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
10	Victoria	Victoria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nmod	_	_
```

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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 |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | Queen | a hero |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

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