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title: Which is TRUE? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is TRUE? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 4 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve…

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Which is TRUE?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» 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/54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t4:1
# text = Which is TRUE?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Toad tells the engine-driver a made-up story about children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t4:o1:1
# text = Toad tells the engine-driver a made-up story about children
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
11	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
12	about	about	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Toad | a made story | the engine driver |  |  | about children | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient story=Topic |
| 2 | **make up** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toad gives the driver a gold coin first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t4:o2:1
# text = Toad gives the driver a gold coin first
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | Toad | a gold coin | the driver |  |  | first *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient coin=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad rides for free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t4:o3:1
# text = Toad rides for free
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | for free | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The driver refuses Toad any ride at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:54-willows-ch8-part3-no-money-no-pocket:t4:o4:1
# text = The driver refuses Toad any ride at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	refuses	refuse	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refuse** | present | the driver | Toad |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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