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title: What would happen if the Badger's tunnels were known to everyone? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if the Badger's tunnels were known to everyone? Test 12 · ★★★ 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 the questio
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# Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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What would happen if the Badger's tunnels were known to everyone?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, know · **To what, where:** tunnels

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This is test 12 · ★★★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t12:1
# text = What would happen if the Badger's tunnels were known to everyone?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · passive |  | the Badger's tunnels |  |  |  | to everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Enemies could use them to get into his home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t12:o1:1
# text = Enemies could use them to get into his home
1	Enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | could | Enemies | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Enemies *not said here* |  |  | his home |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into home=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Enemies could use them to break into his home, steal all his stores, and perhaps hurt his family badly

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t12:o2:1
# text = Enemies could use them to break into his home, steal all his stores, and perhaps hurt his family badly
1	Enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	steal	steal	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
12	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	14	det:predet	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	stores	store	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | could | Enemies | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
| 2 | **break** | to-infinitive | Enemies *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into his home *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into home=Result |
| 3 | **steal** | infinitive |  | his stores |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location store=Theme |
| 4 | **hurt** | past | Enemies *not said here* | his family |  |  |  | badly, perhaps *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer family=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every animal would walk in and out of his home as they liked, and he would lose all peace and quiet

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t12:o3:1
# text = Every animal would walk in and out of his home as they liked, and he would lose all peace and quiet
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
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	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	peace	peace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk in** | would | every animal |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **like** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **lose** | would | animal | all peace and quiet |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Weasels could dig new tunnels to harm him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t12:o4:1
# text = Weasels could dig new tunnels to harm him
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	dig	dig	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dig** | could | Weasels | new tunnels |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tunnel=Theme |
| 2 | **harm** | to-infinitive | Weasels *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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