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# Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 3: Dulce Domum (a…

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Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat is not hungry, so he lets the Mole talk.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** this, Rat, he · **What happens:** be, not be, let · **To what, where:** Mole talk

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This is test 2 · ★★★ 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/#t2).

## 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: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	_	_
```

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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 Rat is not hungry, so he lets the Mole talk.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t2:2
# text = «The Rat is not hungry, so he lets the Mole talk.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	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 Rat |  |  |  |  | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **let** *in a quote* | present | he | the Mole talk |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talk=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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True: he is perfectly content with his small share of the sardines and biscuits

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t2:o1:1
# text = True: he is perfectly content with his small share of the sardines and biscuits
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	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	content	content	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sardines	sardine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | with his small share of the sardines and biscuits; content, perfectly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **share** |  | his *= he* | the sardines and biscuits |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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

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False: he is desperately hungry but hides it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t2:o2:1
# text = False: he is desperately hungry but hides it
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	desperately	desperately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | desperately, hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | present | he *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: he ate a big supper at Badger's house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t2:o3:1
# text = True: he ate a big supper at Badger's house
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	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | he | a big supper |  | Badger's house |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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False: he is not hungry at all today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers:t2:o4:1
# text = False: he is not hungry at all today
1	False	false	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	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
9	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | he |  |  | all | today | hungry *property* | tree rules |

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