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title: Why does the Badger not want everybody to know about his bolt-holes? — The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does the Badger not want everybody to know about his bolt-holes? Test 5 · ★★★ 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 quest
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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Why does the Badger not want everybody to know about his bolt-holes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Badger · **What happens:** not want, know · **To what, where:** everybody

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This is test 5 · ★★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t5:1
# text = Why does the Badger not want everybody to know about his bolt-holes?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
12	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **want** | present · do-support | the Badger | everybody |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot everybody=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | the Badger *not said here* | everybody *not said here* |  |  |  | about Badger's bolt holes | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about hole=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He does not trust the Mole, and thinks the tunnels are too dangerous to show anyone at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t5:o1:1
# text = He does not trust the Mole, and thinks the tunnels are too dangerous to show anyone at all
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	trust	trust	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	thinks	think	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obj	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **trust** | present · do-support | He | the Mole |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Theme |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | the tunnels |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **show** | to-infinitive | the tunnels *not said here* |  | anyone | all |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Strangers might find them and use them for theft

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t5:o2:1
# text = Strangers might find them and use them for theft
1	Strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | might | Strangers | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | Strangers *not said here* | Strangers *= stranger* |  |  |  | for theft | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent they=Theme for theft=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Secret ways out are only safe if they stay secret

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t5:o3:1
# text = Secret ways out are only safe if they stay secret
1	Secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Secret ways |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | ways *= way* |  |  |  |  | secret *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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If everyone knew, the wood would be full of visitors who would damage his home and break everything

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:40-willows-ch4-part4-the-city-under-the-wood:t5:o4:1
# text = If everyone knew, the wood would be full of visitors who would damage his home and break everything
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
3	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	damage	damage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	conj	_	_
19	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | would | the wood |  |  |  |  | of visitors; full *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **damage** | would | visitors | his home |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient |
| 4 | **break** | infinitive | visitors *not said here* | everything |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Patient |

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