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title: The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine.… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine. How has he changed by the end of chapter IV? Test 11 · ★★★ 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 th
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# Test 11 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine. How has he changed by the end of chapter IV?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mole, book · **What happens:** begin, burst out, change · **To what, where:** book, hole, sunshine

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This is test 11 · ★★★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t11:1
# text = The Mole began the book bursting out of his hole into the sunshine.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mole	Mole	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	began	begin	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	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	bursting	burst	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	hole	hole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | the Mole | the book |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Eventuality |
| 2 | **burst out** | gerund | the book *not said here* | Mole's hole |  | the sunshine |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hole=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:* How has he changed by the end of chapter IV?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t11:2
# text = How has he changed by the end of chapter IV?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	chapter	chapter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	IV	iv	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present · perfect | Mole |  |  |  | by the end of chapter |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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He now prefers the wild wood to the river bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t11:o1:1
# text = He now prefers the wild wood to the river bank
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	prefers	prefer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prefer** | present | He | the wild wood |  |  | now | to the river bank | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He now feels he belongs to the Badger's dark halls and the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t11:o2:1
# text = He now feels he belongs to the Badger's dark halls and the wood
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | He |  |  |  | now |  | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **belong** | present | he |  |  |  |  | to the Badger's dark halls and the wood | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He has finally learned to love the Wild Wood and its dangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t11:o3:1
# text = He has finally learned to love the Wild Wood and its dangers
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	love	love	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Wild	Wild	PROPN	NNP	_	9	flat	_	_
9	Wood	Wood	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | present · perfect | He |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **love** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | the Wild Wood and its dangers |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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He knows now he belongs to fields, hedges and the river — not the wild

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t11:o4:1
# text = He knows now he belongs to fields, hedges and the river — not the wild
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	belongs	belong	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	hedges	hedge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	wild	wild	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present | He |  |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **belong** | present | he |  |  |  |  | to fields and hedges and the river | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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