Test 7 · ★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All…

What would probably have happened if the Mole had arrived five minutes later?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mole · What happens: happen, arrive

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 60 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter IX, part 5: Wayfarers All (the spell, the Mole and the cure)» 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	5 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happened	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 happened	advmod
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 happened	aux
5	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 arrived	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Mole	det
8	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 arrived	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 arrived	aux
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 happened	advcl
11	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 minutes	nummod
12	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 later	obl:unmarked
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 arrived	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect						probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	arrive a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the Mole					late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «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 Rat would have found his satchel and been happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 found	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 found	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 found	aux
5	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 satchel	nmod:poss
7	satchel	satchel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 happy	cc
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 happy	cop
10	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 found	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	would · perfect	the Rat	Rat's satchel					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent satchel=Topic
2	is	participle	the Rat not said here					happy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Rat might have been far down the road, following the Sea Rat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 road	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 road	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 road	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 road	cop
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 road	advmod
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 following	punct
11	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 road	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rat	det
13	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Rat	compound
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might · perfect	the Rat					down the road; far property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the road not said here	the Sea Rat					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme

Option 3

The Rat would have sailed away on the Sea Rat's ship, and the Mole would never have seen him again in the Wild Wood

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sailed	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sailed	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sailed	aux
5	sailed	sail	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 sailed	advmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	12 ship	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rat	det
9	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Rat	compound
10	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ship	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Rat	case
12	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sailed	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 seen	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 seen	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mole	det
16	Mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 seen	nsubj:pass
17	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 seen	aux
18	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 seen	advmod
19	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 seen	aux
20	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sailed	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 seen	obj
22	again	again	ADV	_	20 seen	advmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	26 Wood	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Wood	det
25	Wild	Wild	PROPN	_	26 Wood	flat
26	Wood	Wood	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail away	would · perfect	the Rat			the Sea Rat's ship		away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	not see	would · perfect · passive		the Mole		the Wild Wood	again		tree rules

Option 4

The Rat might have been far down the road, following the Sea Rat across the grey hills toward the harbour and the wide sea beyond

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rat	det
2	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 road	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 road	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 road	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 road	cop
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 road	advmod
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 following	punct
11	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 road	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rat	det
13	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Rat	compound
14	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 following	obj
15	across	across	ADP	_	18 hills	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hills	det
17	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 hills	amod
18	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 following	obl
19	toward	toward	ADP	_	21 harbour	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 harbour	det
21	harbour	harbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hills	nmod
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 sea	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sea	det
24	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 sea	amod
25	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 harbour	conj
26	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	25 sea	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might · perfect	the Rat					down the road; far property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	the road not said here	the Sea Rat		the grey hills toward the harbour and the wide sea			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rat=Theme across hill=Trajectory

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