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title: Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Mole's trick with the sentries made no differe… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Mole's trick with the sentries made no difference.» Test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o…

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Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Mole's trick with the sentries made no difference.»

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, trick, Mole · **What happens:** be, make, trick · **To what, where:** difference

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This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Is it TRUE or FALSE?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t3:1
# 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:* «Mole's trick with the sentries made no difference.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t3:2
# text = «Mole's trick with the sentries made no difference.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sentries	sentry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Mole's trick with the sentries | no difference |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset difference=Product |
| 2 | **trick** *in a quote* |  | Mole |  |  |  |  | with the sentries | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and fought the weasels in the dark

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t3:o1:1
# text = False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and fought the weasels in the dark
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	betrayed	betray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the stoats |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **betray** | past · passive |  | stoats *= stoat* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **fight** | past | the stoats *not said here* | the weasels |  | the dark |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weasel=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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True: the stoats were tricked into fighting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t3:o2:1
# text = True: the stoats were tricked into fighting
1	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	tricked	trick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	fighting	fighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past · passive |  | the stoats |  |  |  | into fighting *result* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient into fighting=Result |

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

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False: the stoats thought they were betrayed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t3:o3:1
# text = False: the stoats thought they were betrayed
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	betrayed	betray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the stoats |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **betray** | past · passive |  | stoats *= stoat* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and then attacked the weasels at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t3:o4:1
# text = False: the stoats thought they were betrayed and then attacked the weasels at once
1	False	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stoats	stoat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	betrayed	betray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	attacked	attack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the stoats |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **betray** | past · passive |  | stoats *= stoat* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **attack** | past |  | the weasels |  |  | then |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weasel=Patient |

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