Test 12 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road…

What would the Rat have done if the boat-house had been full of boats in the water?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat, boat house · What happens: do, be

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 29 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter II, part 1: The Open Road (the Ducks' Ditty, and a visit to Toad Hall)» 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	6 done	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 done	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rat	det
4	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 done	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 done	aux
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 full	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 house	det
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 house	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 boat	punct
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 full	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 full	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 full	cop
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 done	advcl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 boats	case
16	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 full	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 water	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 water	det
19	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 boats	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 done	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	would · perfect	the Rat						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the boat house					of boats in the water; full property	tree rules

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

Thought Toad was still boating and would want the Mole to row him up the river

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 boating	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 boating	aux
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 boating	advmod
5	boating	boat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Thought	ccomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 want	cc
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 want	aux
8	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 boating	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 want	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 row	mark
12	row	row	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 want	xcomp
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 row	obj
14	up	up	ADP	_	12 row	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 row	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	think speech: other	past				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	boat	past · progressive	Toad		still	vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	want	would	Toad not said here	the Mole		tree rules
4	row up not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Mole not said here	Toad		tree rules

Option 2

Assumed Toad had gone away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Assumed	assume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gone	advcl
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gone	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 gone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	participle	Toad not said here						vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go away	past · perfect	Toad					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Thought Toad had just bought boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Thought	ccomp
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 bought	advmod
5	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 boats	amod
6	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	past			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	past	Toad	bought boats	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient
3	buy	participle			vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Thought Toad was still boating

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 boating	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 boating	aux
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 boating	advmod
5	boating	boat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past							vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	boat	past · progressive	Toad				still		vn vehicle-51.4.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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