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title: «It's giving fairy-tale.» (it's giving = it feels like) Which detail… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII,… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 2: The Piper at…

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«It's giving fairy-tale.» (it's giving = it feels like) Which detail makes the island feel like a holy story-place?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It, tale, giving, island · **What happens:** give, feel, make · **To what, where:** fairy tale

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «It's giving fairy-tale.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t6:1
# text = «It's giving fairy-tale.»
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	aux	_	_
4	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | It | fairy tale |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tale=Theme |

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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:* (it's giving = it feels like) Which detail makes the island feel like a holy story-place?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t6:2
# text = (it's giving = it feels like) Which detail makes the island feel like a holy story-place?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	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	aux	_	_
4	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	csubj	_	_
5	=	=	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
10	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
11	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	holy	holy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
19	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · progressive | tale |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **feel** | present | tale |  |  |  |  | like which detail | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like detail=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | present | giving |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **feel** | infinitive | the island |  |  |  |  | like a holy story place | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like place=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It is tall and grey, with a wide view of the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t6:o1:1
# text = It is tall and grey, with a wide view of the wood
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | tall *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **view** |  |  | the wood |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has many trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t6:o2:1
# text = It has many trees
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | many trees |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It hides what it holds «behind a veil», «till the hour should come»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t6:o3:1
# text = It hides what it holds «behind a veil», «till the hour should come»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	veil	veil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | present | it |  |  | a veil |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme behind veil=Location |
| 3 | **come** *in a quote* | should | the hour |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It has a fine lawn and a river, like any other garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:50-willows-ch7-part2-the-piper:t6:o4:1
# text = It has a fine lawn and a river, like any other garden
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lawn	lawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
12	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | It | a fine lawn and a river |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient |

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