Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at…

What might have happened if the animals had kept the whole memory?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, keep · To what, where: animals

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 51 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VII, part 3: The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (the gift of forgetfulness)» 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	might	might	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 animals	det
7	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 kept	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 kept	aux
9	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happened	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 memory	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 memory	amod
12	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kept	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	might · perfect							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		the animals					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme memory=Attribute

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

They might never sleep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sleep	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sleep	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 sleep	advmod
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep	might	They						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Their boat might sink in the stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 boat	nmod:poss
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sink	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sink	aux
4	sink	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	might	Their boat			the stream			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The huge memory might overshadow all their play and happiness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 memory	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 memory	amod
3	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overshadow	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 overshadow	aux
5	overshadow	overshadow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 play	det:predet
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 play	nmod:poss
8	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 overshadow	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 happiness	cc
10	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 play	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overshadow	might	the huge memory	their play and happiness					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent play=Patient
2	play		their = they						nom play «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They would never leave the island and live in peace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 leave	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 leave	advmod
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 island	det
6	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 live	cc
8	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 leave	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 peace	case
10	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not leave	would	They	the island					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent island=Theme
2	live	present	They not said here			peace			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location

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