Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 known	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Badger	det
6	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tunnels	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Badger	case
8	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 known	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 known	aux:pass
10	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 everyone	case
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	10 known	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	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

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

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Enemies could use them to get into his home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 use	aux
3	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 use	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 use	advcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 home	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl

#	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

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

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Enemies	enemy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 use	aux
3	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 use	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 break	mark
6	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 use	advcl
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 home	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 home	nmod:poss
9	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 break	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 steal	punct
11	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 use	parataxis
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 stores	det:predet
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 stores	nmod:poss
14	stores	store	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 steal	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hurt	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hurt	cc
17	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	18 hurt	advmod
18	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 use	conj
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 family	nmod:poss
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hurt	obj
21	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	18 hurt	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 animal	det
2	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 walk	aux
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 home	cc
7	out	out	ADP	_	10 home	case
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 home	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 home	nmod:poss
10	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walk	conj
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 liked	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 liked	nsubj
13	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 walk	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lose	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 lose	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 lose	nsubj
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 lose	aux
18	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walk	conj
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 peace	det
20	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lose	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 quiet	cc
22	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 peace	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

Weasels could dig new tunnels to harm him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dig	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 dig	aux
3	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tunnels	amod
5	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dig	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 harm	mark
7	harm	harm	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 dig	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 harm	obj

#	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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