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title: «Supposing a fire breaks out—where's Toad?» What does the Badger mean? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Supposing a fire breaks out—where's Toad?» What does the Badger mean? Test 12 · ★★★ 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, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 3: Mr. Badger (t…

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«Supposing a fire breaks out—where's Toad?» What does the Badger mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Supposing, Badger · **What happens:** suppose, break out, be, mean · **To what, where:** fire, Toad · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Supposing a fire breaks out—where's Toad?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t12:1
# text = «Supposing a fire breaks out—where's Toad?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Supposing	suppose	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **suppose** *in a quote* | gerund |  | a fire |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent fire=Attribute |
| 2 | **break out** *in a quote* | present | Supposing |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | Toad |  |  |  |  | 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:* What does the Badger mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t12:2
# text = What does the Badger mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
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	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the Badger |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A big house above ground can burn or fall apart, and Toad can't fix that

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t12:o1:1
# text = A big house above ground can burn or fall apart, and Toad can't fix that
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	apart	apart	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | can | a big house above ground |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall apart** | infinitive | a big house above ground *not said here* |  |  |  |  | apart *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **fix** | can | Toad | that |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent that=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Toad is always late.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t12:o2:1
# text = Toad is always late.
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | always, late *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Toad's big house could burn, and Toad is lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t12:o3:1
# text = Toad's big house could burn, and Toad is lazy
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | could | Toad's big house |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | Toad |  |  |  |  | lazy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A big house can burn, and Toad will panic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:39-willows-ch4-part3-the-otter-and-underground-homes:t12:o4:1
# text = A big house can burn, and Toad will panic
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	burn	burn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	panic	panic	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | can | a big house |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **panic** | future | Toad |  |  |  |  |  | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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