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title: Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said Badger «hates Society». Why… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter III,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said Badger «hates Society». Why might ringing his bell at night be a risk? Test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Test 9 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Woo…

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Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said Badger «hates Society». Why might ringing his bell at night be a risk?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I · **What happens:** look back, say, hate, ring, be · **To what, where:** chapter, Society, bell, risk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 36 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter III, part 4: The Wild Wood (the door-scraper, the door-mat, and a green door)» 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/36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said Badger «hates Society».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t9:1
# text = Looking back: in chapter I the Rat said Badger «hates Society».
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	ccomp	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	hates	hate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	Society	Society	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look back** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I |  |  | chapter |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **hate** *in a quote* | present |  | Society |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer society=Stimulus |

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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:* Why might ringing his bell at night be a risk?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t9:2
# text = Why might ringing his bell at night be a risk?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ringing	ring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | might |  | Badger's bell |  |  | night |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | infinitive |  | a risk |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Badger might be cross at visitors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t9:o1:1
# text = Badger might be cross at visitors
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	cross	cross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | might | Badger |  |  |  |  | at visitors; cross *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Badger might bite the Mole hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t9:o2:1
# text = Badger might bite the Mole hard
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	bite	bite	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | might | Badger | the Mole |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Badger may dislike any late callers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t9:o3:1
# text = Badger may dislike any late callers
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	dislike	dislike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	callers	caller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dislike** | may | Badger | any late callers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer caller=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He might be asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:36-willows-ch3-part4-the-door-scraper:t9:o4:1
# text = He might be asleep
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	asleep	asleep	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** | might | He |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

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