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# Test 8 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 1: Mr. Badger (t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why does the kitchen feel so wonderful to Rat and Mole after this night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kitchen · **What happens:** feel

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This is test 8 · ★★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t8:1
# text = Why does the kitchen feel so wonderful to Rat and Mole after this night?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
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	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	after	after	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present · do-support | the kitchen |  |  |  | night | wonderful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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They have just escaped the cold, frightening Wild Wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t8:o1:1
# text = They have just escaped the cold, frightening Wild Wood
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	escaped	escape	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	frightening	frightening	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	10	flat	_	_
10	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | present · perfect · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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After hours of terror in the dark Wild Wood, the kitchen's warmth, food and kindness feel like a rescue beyond words

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t8:o2:1
# text = After hours of terror in the dark Wild Wood, the kitchen's warmth, food and kindness feel like a rescue beyond words
1	After	after	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	9	flat	_	_
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	kindness	kindness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
19	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
20	like	like	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	rescue	rescue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | the kitchen's warmth and food and kindness |  |  | the dark Wild Wood | hour | of terror; like a rescue; beyond words | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like rescue=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They have at last reached a warm and safe home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t8:o3:1
# text = They have at last reached a warm and safe home
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | They |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | past | last | a warm home |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They are finally safe and dry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:37-willows-ch4-part1-mr-badger:t8:o4:1
# text = They are finally safe and dry
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | finally, safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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