Test 6 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adve…

What would have happened if Toad had jumped while the chasers could see him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad, chasers · What happens: happen, have, jump, see · To what, where: Toad

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 55 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter VIII, part 4: Toad's Adventures (the chase, the tunnel and the night wood)» 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 jumped	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 jumped	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Toad	flat
8	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	parataxis
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 see	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chasers	det
11	chasers	chaser	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 see	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 jumped	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	jump a condition, not said to happen	past	Toad		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	see	could	the chasers	Toad	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

They would have stopped and caught him in the wood

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 stopped	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 stopped	aux
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 caught	cc
6	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 caught	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 caught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	would · perfect	They						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	catch	past	They not said here	him = he		the wood			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

The driver would have refused to help him at all and would have called the warders instead

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 refused	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	aux
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 help	mark
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	xcomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 help	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 help	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 called	cc
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 called	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 called	aux
14	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 refused	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 warders	det
16	warders	warder	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 called	xcomp
17	instead	instead	ADV	_	14 called	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	refuse	would · perfect · passive	the driver				tree rules
2	not help	to-infinitive		driver	all		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
3	call	would · perfect	the warders			instead property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They would have stopped the engine at once

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 stopped	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 stopped	aux
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 engine	det
6	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 stopped	obl

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

Option 4

They would have chased him through the fields

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 chased	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 chased	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 chased	aux
4	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chased	obj
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 fields	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fields	det
8	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	would · perfect · passive		They		the fields			tree rules

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