Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adve…

What would have happened if Toad had kept his waistcoat on under the gown?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, keep · To what, where: Toad, gown

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 54 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 3: Toad's Adventures (no money, no pocket, and the engine-driver)» 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	_	8 kept	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 kept	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 kept	aux
8	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happened	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 waistcoat	nmod:poss
10	waistcoat	waistcoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 gown	case
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 gown	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gown	det
14	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obl
15	?	?	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 · passive		Toad		the gown			vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme waistcoat=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

The clerk would have seen his money and his coat and sent for the mayor, the police and the whole station staff at once

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 clerk	det
2	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 seen	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 seen	aux
5	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 money	nmod:poss
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seen	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 coat	cc
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 coat	nmod:poss
10	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 money	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sent	cc
12	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 seen	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 mayor	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mayor	det
15	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 police	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 police	det
18	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 mayor	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 staff	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 staff	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 staff	amod
22	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 staff	compound
23	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mayor	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 once	case
25	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	would · perfect · passive		the clerk					tree rules
2	send	participle						for the mayor and the police and the whole station staff	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He could have paid for a ticket and gone home by train

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 paid	nsubj:pass
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 paid	aux
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 ticket	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ticket	det
7	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gone	cc
9	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 paid	conj
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 gone	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 train	case
12	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	could · perfect · passive		He				for a ticket	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for ticket=Theme
2	go	participle						by train; home property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by train=Location

Option 3

He could have paid for a ticket, sat in the first-class carriage and gone home by train without any trouble at all from the clerk or porter

The tree, 28 words

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 paid	nsubj:pass
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 paid	aux
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 ticket	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ticket	det
7	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sat	punct
9	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ticket	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	15 carriage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 carriage	det
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 class	amod
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 first	punct
14	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carriage	compound
15	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sat	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gone	cc
17	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 paid	conj
18	home	home	ADV	_	17 gone	advmod
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 train	case
20	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gone	obl
21	without	without	ADP	_	23 trouble	case
22	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	23 trouble	det
23	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 paid	obl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 all	case
25	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 trouble	nmod
26	from	from	ADP	_	28 clerk	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 clerk	det
28	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 all	nmod
29	or	or	CCONJ	_	30 porter	cc
30	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 clerk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pay	could · perfect · passive		He		for a ticket; without any trouble at all	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for ticket=Theme
2	sit	past	a ticket not said here		the class carriage		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in carriage=Location
3	go	participle				by train; home property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by train=Location

Option 4

He would have been recognised by the clerk

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	5 recognised	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 recognised	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 recognised	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 recognised	aux:pass
5	recognised	recognise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 clerk	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 clerk	det
8	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 recognised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	would · perfect · passive	the clerk	He					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

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