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title: Badger says «H'm! Company» and leaves. What does the Rat say about h… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Badger says «H'm! Company» and leaves. What does the Rat say about him? Test 6 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new boat)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 6 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank…

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Badger says «H'm! Company» and leaves. What does the Rat say about him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Badger, Rat · **What happens:** say, leave · **To what, where:** Company · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 27 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter I, part 3: The River Bank (the Otter, a glimpse of Badger, and Toad in his new 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/27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Badger says «H'm!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t6:1
# text = Badger says «H'm!
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	H	h	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Company» and leaves.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t6:2
# text = Company» and leaves.
1	Company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | present |  | Company |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What does the Rat say about him?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t6:3
# text = What does the Rat say about him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | the Rat |  |  |  |  | about Badger | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He is too fond of Society

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t6:o1:1
# text = He is too fond of Society
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	fond	fond	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Society	Society	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | of Society; fond *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He is always cross

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t6:o2:1
# text = He is always cross
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | always, cross *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He likes being alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t6:o3:1
# text = He likes being alone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | gerund | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He «Simply hates Society!»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:27-willows-ch1-part3-otter-badger-and-toad:t6:o4:1
# text = He «Simply hates Society!»
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Simply	simply	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Society	Society	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hate** *in a quote* | present | He | Society |  |  |  | simply *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer society=Stimulus |

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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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