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description: Identify the origin of the passages and chambers inhabited by the Badger. Exam question 1 of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 1 · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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Identify the origin of the passages and chambers inhabited by the Badger.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, inhabit · **To what, where:** origin, passages

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 40 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (the city under the Wild Wood, and the way home)» 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/40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e1:1
# text = Identify the origin of the passages and chambers inhabited by the Badger.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	origin	origin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	passages	passage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the origin of the passages and chambers |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent origin=Theme |
| 2 | **inhabit** | participle |  | the passages and chambers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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The remains of a city of people, long since vanished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e1:o1:1
# text = The remains of a city of people, long since vanished
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remains	remains	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vanish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Passages and chambers left behind by an ancient city of powerful people, long since gone away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e1:o2:1
# text = Passages and chambers left behind by an ancient city of powerful people, long since gone away
1	Passages	passage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	chambers	chamber	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
15	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
17	away	away	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave behind** | participle |  | Passages and chambers *not said here* |  |  |  | by a ancient city of powerful people; behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by city=Location |
| 2 | **go away** | participle | Passages and chambers |  |  |  |  | away, long *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The ruins of a great walled city that once sheltered a million wealthy and busy inhabitants

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e1:o3:1
# text = The ruins of a great walled city that once sheltered a million wealthy and busy inhabitants
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ruins	ruin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	walled	wall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	10	advmod	_	_
10	sheltered	shelter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	wealthy	wealthy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shelter** | past |  | a great walled city |  |  |  | once *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **ruin** |  |  | a great walled city |  |  |  |  | nom ruin «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Burrows dug by the Mole's ancestors long ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:e1:o4:1
# text = Burrows dug by the Mole's ancestors long ago
1	Burrows	burrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	dug	dig	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
8	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | participle |  | Burrows *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Mole's ancestors | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent by ancestor=Location |

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