Test 12 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (t…

What would have happened if the Rat had heard the Mole's cry clearly?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Mole · What happens: happen, hear, cry · To what, where: cry

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 1: Dulce Domum (the village windows and the call of 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	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 heard	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 heard	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mole	det
11	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cry	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Mole	case
13	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obj
14	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	9 heard	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hear a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the Rat	the Mole's cry	clearly property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus
3	cry		the Mole			nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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 snow would have stopped him anyway, we think

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 snow	det
2	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stopped	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 stopped	aux
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stopped	obj
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 stopped	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 think	punct
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 think	nsubj
10	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stopped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would · perfect	the snow	him = he				anyway property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	present	we						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He would have turned round and waited for the Mole

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 turned	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 turned	aux
4	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	round	round	ADV	_	4 turned	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 waited	cc
7	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 turned	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 Mole	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Mole	det
10	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn round	would · perfect	He					round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	wait	past	He not said here					for the Mole	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

We think he'd have stopped at once and run back down the road to help, as he is always kind

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stopped	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stopped	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 stopped	aux
6	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 think	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 stopped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 run	cc
10	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stopped	conj
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 run	advmod
12	down	down	ADP	_	14 road	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 road	det
14	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 help	mark
16	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 road	acl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 kind	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	22 kind	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 kind	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 kind	cop
21	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	22 kind	advmod
22	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stopped	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	We			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	stop	would · perfect	he			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location
3	run back	infinitive	he not said here	the road		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down road=Trajectory
4	help	to-infinitive	he not said here			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	he		always, kind property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

We think he'd have stopped — he is kind, as we see often

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 stopped	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stopped	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 stopped	aux
6	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 think	ccomp
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	10 kind	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kind	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 kind	cop
10	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 think	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 see	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 see	mark
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 see	nsubj
14	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 kind	conj
15	often	often	ADV	_	14 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	We		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	stop	would · perfect	he		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is	present	he	kind property	tree rules
4	see	present	we	often property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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