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title: Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat expected Toad to keep his promise.» — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, p… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'…

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Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Rat expected Toad to keep his promise.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** this, Rat, Toad · **What happens:** be, expect, keep, promise · **To what, where:** Toad, promise

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 46 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 2: Mr. Toad («I'm not sorry!» and the Toad locked in his bedroom)» 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/46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is this TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up: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 expected Toad to keep his promise.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t2:2
# text = «The Rat expected Toad to keep his promise.»
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	expected	expect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** *in a quote* | past | the Rat | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | Rat's promise |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |
| 3 | **promise** *in a quote* |  | Rat |  |  |  |  |  | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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True: the Rat trusted Toad from the start, and saw nothing but honest sincerity

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t2:o1:1
# text = True: the Rat trusted Toad from the start, and saw nothing but honest sincerity
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	trusted	trust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obj	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	sincerity	sincerity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trust** | past | the True Rat | Toad |  | the start |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | the True Rat *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False: the Rat doubted it from the start but kept quiet about his doubts to the Badger and Mole

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t2:o2:1
# text = False: the Rat doubted it from the start but kept quiet about his doubts to the Badger and Mole
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	doubts	doubt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | past | the False Rat | it |  | the start |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the False Rat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about Rat's doubts; to the Badger and Mole; quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about doubt=Location |
| 3 | **doubt** |  | Rat |  |  |  |  |  | nom doubt «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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True: he expected Toad to keep it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t2:o3:1
# text = True: he expected Toad to keep it
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	expected	expect	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | past | he | Toad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Toad *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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False: he doubted it from the start and saw a twinkle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:46-willows-ch6-part2-not-sorry-and-locked-up:t2:o4:1
# text = False: he doubted it from the start and saw a twinkle
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doubted	doubt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	twinkle	twinkle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **doubt** | past | he | it |  | the start |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | he *not said here* | a twinkle |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer twinkle=Stimulus |

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