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# Test 17 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

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★★★ The Mole is «wonderfully at peace and happy», yet his muscles turn «to water». How can both be true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★, muscles · **What happens:** be, turn · **To what, where:** peace, water · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 50 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the music and the island)» 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/50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper/#t17).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* ★★★ The Mole is «wonderfully at peace and happy», yet his muscles turn «to water».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t17:1
# text = ★★★ The Mole is «wonderfully at peace and happy», yet his muscles turn «to water».
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	wonderfully	wonderfully	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	yet	yet	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	muscles	muscle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	_
18	turn	turn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
19	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	to	to	ADP	TO	_	21	case	_	_
21	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | ★ |  |  | peace |  | wonderfully *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* |  | ★ *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **turn** | present | ★'s muscles |  |  | water |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to water=Trajectory |

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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:* How can both be true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t17:2
# text = How can both be true?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	both	both	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can |  |  |  |  |  | both, true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Awe is peace and wonder mixed with trembling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t17:o1:1
# text = Awe is peace and wonder mixed with trembling
1	Awe	awe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trembling	trembling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Awe peace and wonder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mix** | participle |  | Awe peace and wonder *not said here* |  |  |  | with trembling | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with trembling=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Happiness and fear can share the same moment, though

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t17:o2:1
# text = Happiness and fear can share the same moment, though
1	Happiness	happiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | can | Happiness and fear |  |  |  | moment |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fear and peace are the same thing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t17:o3:1
# text = Fear and peace are the same thing
1	Fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Fear and peace | the same thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Awe is peace and wonder mixed with trembling, so the Mole can be both happy and weak-kneed at the same time

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t17:o4:1
# text = Awe is peace and wonder mixed with trembling, so the Mole can be both happy and weak-kneed at the same time
1	Awe	awe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	mixed	mix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	trembling	trembling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	cop	_	_
15	both	both	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc:preconj	_	_
16	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	weak	weak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	kneed	knee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	16	conj	_	_
21	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Awe peace and wonder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mix** | participle |  | wonder *not said here* |  |  |  | with trembling | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with trembling=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **is** | can | the Mole |  |  |  |  | happy *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **knee** | participle | the Mole *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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