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title: «It's bare cold out here, bruv, ring again.» (bare = very) Who rang… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: «It's bare cold out here, bruv, ring again.» (bare = very) Who rang the bell at the end of chapter III, and how? Test 3 · ★★★ 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, with the 
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# Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

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«It's bare cold out here, bruv, ring again.» (bare = very) Who rang the bell at the end of chapter III, and how?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** It · **What happens:** be, ring · **To what, where:** bell, end

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This is test 3 · ★★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «It's bare cold out here, bruv, ring again.»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t3:1
# text = «It's bare cold out here, bruv, ring again.»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	ring	ring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | It |  |  | here |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ring** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* (bare = very) Who rang the bell at the end of chapter III, and how?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t3:2
# text = (bare = very) Who rang the bell at the end of chapter III, and how?
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	7	punct	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	III	III	NUM	CD	NumForm=Roman|NumType=Card	14	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past |  | the bell |  |  | at the end of chapter |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Rat pulled the bell hard in the frost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t3:o1:1
# text = The Rat pulled the bell hard in the frost
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | past | the Rat | the bell |  | the frost |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Badger rang it from inside the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t3:o2:1
# text = The Badger rang it from inside the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the Badger | it |  | the door |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Mole rang it while the Rat watched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t3:o3:1
# text = The Mole rang it while the Rat watched
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ring** | past | the Mole | it |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **watch** | past | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

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

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The Mole swung on the bell-pull while the Rat hammered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t3:o4:1
# text = The Mole swung on the bell-pull while the Rat hammered
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	pull	pull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	hammered	hammer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** | past | the Mole |  |  | the bell pull |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on pull=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hammer** | past | the Rat |  |  |  |  |  | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

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