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title: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The field-mice come to Mole End first becaus… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, pa… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

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Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The field-mice come to Mole End first because it's the closest house.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this, field mice, it · **What happens:** be, come · **To what, where:** closest house

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This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a dusty home, a sardine supper, and voices outside)» 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/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/#t14).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is this TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t14:1
# 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	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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:* «The field-mice come to Mole End first because it's the closest house.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t14:2
# text = «The field-mice come to Mole End first because it's the closest house.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	vocative	_	_
9	End	End	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	flat	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	closest	close	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** *in a quote* | present | the field mice |  |  |  |  | Mole *vocative*; first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | the closest house |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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True: they come first every year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t14:o1:1
# text = True: they come first every year
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | True |  |  |  | year | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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False: they come last of all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t14:o2:1
# text = False: they come last of all
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	last	last	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | False |  |  |  |  | last *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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False: they come to Mole End in the middle of the night, after all the others

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t14:o3:1
# text = False: they come to Mole End in the middle of the night, after all the others
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	End	End	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	after	after	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	18	det:predet	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | False |  | Mole End | the middle of the night | after all others |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True: they always visit first, since Mole End is nearest to the lane for the carollers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t14:o4:1
# text = True: they always visit first, since Mole End is nearest to the lane for the carollers
1	True	true	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	visit	visit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	End	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	carollers	caroller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | present | they | True *not said here* |  |  |  | always, first *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent true=Co-Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Mole End |  |  |  |  | to the lane; for the carollers; near *property* | tree rules |

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