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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's principal objection to dwellings above ground. Exam question 4 of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» of the books co
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# Exam question 4 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's principal objection to dwellings above ground.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, Badger · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, object · **To what, where:** response, principal objection

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 39 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (the Otter comes through the snow, and the best home is underground)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the Badger's principal objection to dwellings above ground.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	objection	objection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	dwellings	dwelling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
17	above	above	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the Badger's principal objection |  |  |  | to dwellings above ground | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus objection=Experiencer |
| 4 | **object** |  | the Badger |  |  |  |  |  | nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=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.

## The options {#options}

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

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Their exposure to weather and to accident

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e4:o1:1
# text = Their exposure to weather and to accident
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Their exposure to weather and to accident, and also the fact that they are too close to the river

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e4:o2:1
# text = Their exposure to weather and to accident, and also the fact that they are too close to the river
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	also	also	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	acl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | exposure | the fact *not said here* |  |  |  | to the river; close *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their exposure to weather and to accident, which the Rat would also say is far too dull for him.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e4:o3:1
# text = Their exposure to weather and to accident, which the Rat would also say is far too dull for him.
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	exposure	exposure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
12	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
17	too	too	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | the Rat | accident |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | Their exposure  weather and accident |  |  |  |  | for Rat; dull, far *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cold winds and damp, not much more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:e4:o4:1
# text = Cold winds and damp, not much more
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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