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title: Ollie, lowkey bored: «it's giving cosy cabin, but it's just a kitche… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

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Ollie, lowkey bored: «it's giving cosy cabin, but it's just a kitchen.» (it's giving = it looks like) Why does the book spend so long on the kitchen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, cabin · **What happens:** give, be, look, do, spend · **To what, where:** cosy cabin, kitchen, book

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This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 37 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (the door in the snow and the fire-lit kitchen)» 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/37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger/#t14).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ollie, lowkey bored: «it's giving cosy cabin, but it's just a kitchen.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t14:1
# text = Ollie, lowkey bored: «it's giving cosy cabin, but it's just a kitchen.»
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	cosy	cosy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	just	just	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | it | cosy cabin |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabin=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | cabin | a kitchen |  |  |  |  | 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:* (it's giving = it looks like) Why does the book spend so long on the kitchen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t14:2
# text = (it's giving = it looks like) Why does the book spend so long on the kitchen?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	=	=	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
8	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
10	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
11	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	spend	spend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	advmod	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · progressive | cabin |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **look** | present | cabin |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **do** | present |  | the book |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality |
| 4 | **spend** | present | cabin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on the kitchen *goal*; long *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent on kitchen=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror outside, and to set the scene for the long winter ahead

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t14:o1:1
# text = To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror outside, and to set the scene for the long winter ahead
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	set	set	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
23	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset we=Product |
| 2 | **feel** | imperative | you *not said here* | the warmth and safety |  |  | after the terror | outside *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme |
| 3 | **set** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the scene |  |  | winter | ahead *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient scene=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror of the Wild Wood, and to show the Badger's deep love of home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t14:o2:1
# text = To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror of the Wild Wood, and to show the Badger's deep love of home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	15	flat	_	_
15	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	show	show	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	_
23	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset we=Product |
| 2 | **feel** | imperative | you *not said here* | the warmth and safety |  |  | after the terror of the Wild Wood |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme |
| 3 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Badger's deep love of home |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent love=Recipient |
| 4 | **love** |  | the Badger | home |  |  |  |  | nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t14:o3:1
# text = To make us feel the warmth and safety after the terror outside
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
3	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	feel	feel	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | us |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset we=Product |
| 2 | **feel** | imperative | you *not said here* | the warmth and safety |  |  | after the terror | outside *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warmth=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To explain how the animals lived long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t14:o4:1
# text = To explain how the animals lived long ago
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **live** | past | the animals |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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