Test 14 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the…

What would have happened if the Rat had asked the Badger before running off?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Rat · What happens: happen, ask, run off · To what, where: Badger

This is test 14 · ★★★ of lesson 47 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VI, part 3: Mr. Toad (the doctor, the lawyer, and the rope of sheets)» 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 asked	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 asked	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 asked	aux
9	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Badger	det
11	Badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 running	mark
13	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 asked	advcl
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 running	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ask speech: ask a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the Rat	the Badger	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent badger=Recipient
3	run off	gerund	the Rat not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Badger would probably have seen through Toad's trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 seen	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 seen	aux
4	probably	probably	ADV	_	6 seen	advmod
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 seen	aux
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	through	through	ADP	_	10 trick	case
8	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 trick	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Toad	case
10	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	would · perfect	the Badger			Toad's trick		probably property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	trick		Toad						nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Toad would have been caught by the Badger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 caught	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 caught	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 caught	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 caught	aux:pass
5	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Badger	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Badger	det
8	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	would · perfect · passive	the Badger	Toad					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3

The Mole would have stopped the escape

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 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 escape	det
7	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would · perfect	the Mole	the escape					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality escape=Eventuality

Option 4

The Badger would have called the doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Badger	det
2	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 called	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 called	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 called	aux
5	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 doctor	det
7	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	would · perfect	the Badger	the doctor					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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