Test 13 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (t…

What would happen if the Rat had answered «I don't know, we've nothing» when Mole despaired about the guests?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Rat, Mole · What happens: happen, answer, not know, despair · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 44 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter V, part 4: Dulce Domum (the carol, a magic supper, and a home to come back to)» 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	_	8 answered	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 answered	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 answered	aux
8	answered	answer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 happen	advcl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct
10	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 know	nsubj
11	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 know	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 know	advmod
13	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 answered	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 've	punct
15	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 've	nsubj
16	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 know	ccomp
17	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 've	obj
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 know	punct
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 despaired	advmod
20	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 despaired	nsubj
21	despaired	despair	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 answered	advcl
22	about	about	ADP	_	24 guests	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 guests	det
24	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 despaired	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	answer speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the Rat		tree rules
3	not know in a quote	present · do-support	the Rat = rat		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	despair	past	Mole	about the guests	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 field-mice would have stayed on and sung more carols happily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mice	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 field	punct
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stayed	nsubj:pass
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 stayed	aux
6	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 stayed	aux
7	stayed	stay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 stayed	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sung	cc
10	sung	sing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 stayed	conj
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 carols	amod
12	carols	carol	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sung	obj
13	happily	happily	ADV	_	10 sung	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay on	would · perfect · passive		the field mice					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: subject=Location
2	sing speech: express	participle		more carols				happily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location carol=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Mole would have rushed out to buy food from the village shops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rushed	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 rushed	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 rushed	aux
4	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 rushed	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	7 buy	mark
7	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rushed	xcomp
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 shops	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shops	det
11	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shops	compound
12	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush out	would · perfect · passive		Mole					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	buy	to-infinitive		food		the village shops			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent food=Theme from shop=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The field-mice would go home cold and hungry, and Mole would be miserable

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mice	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 field	punct
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 go	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hungry	cc
10	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cold	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 miserable	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 miserable	cc
13	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 miserable	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 miserable	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 miserable	cop
16	miserable	miserable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	would	the field mice					cold, home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	would	Mole					miserable property	tree rules

Option 4

The field-mice would wander off into the snow to find another supper, while the Mole sat weeping by the fire and the Rat blamed himself

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mice	det
2	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mice	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 field	punct
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wander	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wander	aux
6	wander	wander	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 wander	compound:prt
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 snow	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 snow	det
10	snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wander	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 find	mark
12	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wander	advcl
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	14 supper	det
14	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 find	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sat	punct
16	while	while	SCONJ	_	19 sat	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Mole	det
18	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sat	nsubj
19	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wander	parataxis
20	weeping	weep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 sat	advcl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 fire	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 fire	det
23	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 weeping	obl
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 blamed	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Rat	det
26	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 blamed	nsubj
27	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sat	conj
28	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	27 blamed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wander off	would	the field mice		the snow		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into snow=Destination
2	find	to-infinitive	the field mice not said here	another supper			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Topic
3	sit	past	the Mole				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	weep	gerund	the Mole not said here			by the fire	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	blame	past	the Rat	Rat			vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

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