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title: Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad was badly hurt at his gate.» — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad was badly hurt at his gate.» Test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Test 4 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

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Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Toad was badly hurt at his gate.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, hurt · **To what, where:** Toad, gate

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This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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/66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is it TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t4:1
# text = Is it TRUE or FALSE?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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 | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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:* «Toad was badly hurt at his gate.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t4:2
# text = «Toad was badly hurt at his gate.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** *in a quote* | past · passive |  | Toad |  | Toad's gate |  | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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True: the ferret shot his arm off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t4:o1:1
# text = True: the ferret shot his arm off
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ferret	ferret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	shot	shoot	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot off** | past | the ferret | ferret's arm |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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False: he ran off unhurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t4:o2:1
# text = False: he ran off unhurt
1	False	false	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	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	unhurt	unhurt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | he |  |  |  |  | unhurt *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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False: he dropped flat and the shot whistled over his head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t4:o3:1
# text = False: he dropped flat and the shot whistled over his head
1	False	false	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	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	whistled	whistle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | he |  |  |  |  | flat *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **whistle** | past | the shot |  |  | shot's head |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over head=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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True: he was badly hurt at his gate by the ferret's gun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:66-willows-ch11-part2-the-wild-wooders-take-toad-hall:t4:o4:1
# text = True: he was badly hurt at his gate by the ferret's gun
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ferret	ferret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	gun	gun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past · passive | the ferret's gun | True |  | his gate |  | badly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient |

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