Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (t…
What would have happened if the Rat had kept going home?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: happen, keep, go
This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 42 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 2: Dulce Domum (the Mole's sobs, the Rat turns back, and Mole End)» 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 kept | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rat | det |
| 7 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 kept | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 kept | aux |
| 9 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 happened | advcl |
| 10 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 kept | xcomp |
| 11 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 going | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | keep a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | the Rat | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | gerund | the Rat not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Mole End would stay lost, and the Mole would stay sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 End | compound |
| 2 | End | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stay | aux |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stay | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stay | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 stay | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Mole | det |
| 9 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stay | nsubj |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 stay | aux |
| 11 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stay | conj |
| 12 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | would | Mole End | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lose | participle | Mole End not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | stay | would | the Mole | sad property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Mole End would stay lost for ever, the Mole would stay sad, and the Rat would be ashamed
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mole | Mole | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 End | compound |
| 2 | End | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stay | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stay | aux |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stay | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 ever | case |
| 7 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 lost | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stay | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Mole | det |
| 10 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stay | nsubj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 stay | aux |
| 12 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stay | conj |
| 13 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 stay | xcomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 ashamed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 ashamed | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Rat | det |
| 17 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 ashamed | nsubj |
| 18 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 ashamed | aux |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 ashamed | cop |
| 20 | ashamed | ashamed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stay | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | would | Mole End | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lose | participle | Mole End not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | stay | would | the Mole | sad property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | would | the Rat | ashamed property | tree rules |
Option 3
The Mole would have gone home by himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Mole | det |
| 2 | Mole | mole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gone | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 gone | aux |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 gone | aux |
| 5 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 gone | advmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 himself | case |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 gone | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | would · perfect | the Mole | by Mole; home property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by himself=Location |
Option 4
The Rat would have a warm supper and sleep well by the fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rat | det |
| 2 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 have | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 supper | det |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 supper | amod |
| 7 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 sleep | cc |
| 9 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | conj |
| 10 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 9 sleep | advmod |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 fire | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fire | det |
| 13 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | would | the Rat | a warm supper | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sleep | present | the Rat not said here | by the fire; well property | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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