Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IV, part 4: Mr. Badger (t…

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 want	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 want	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Badger	det
4	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 want	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 want	advmod
6	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 want	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 know	mark
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 everybody	acl
10	about	about	ADP	_	14 holes	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 holes	nmod:poss
12	bolt	bolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 holes	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 bolt	punct
14	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 know	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 want	punct

#	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

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 · ← Mova's choice

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

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trust	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trust	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 trust	advmod
4	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mole	det
6	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trust	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thinks	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thinks	cc
9	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 trust	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tunnels	det
11	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 dangerous	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 dangerous	cop
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 dangerous	advmod
14	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thinks	ccomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 show	mark
16	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 dangerous	advcl
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 show	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	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

Strangers might find them and use them for theft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 find	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 find	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 use	cc
6	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 find	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 use	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 theft	case
9	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	obl

#	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

Secret ways out are only safe if they stay secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ways	amod
2	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 ways	advmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 stay	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stay	nsubj
9	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	advcl
10	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stay	xcomp

#	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

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

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 knew	mark
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 full	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 knew	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 full	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 full	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 full	cop
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 visitors	case
11	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 full	obl
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 damage	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 damage	aux
14	damage	damage	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 visitors	acl:relcl
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 home	nmod:poss
16	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 damage	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 break	cc
18	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 damage	conj
19	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	18 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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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