Test 5 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Ad…

What would have happened if Toad had said he hated washing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: happen, say, hate, wash · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 61 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 1: The Further Adventures of Toad (free, the canal and the barge-woman's washing)» 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 said	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 said	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	aux
8	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hated	nsubj
10	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 said	ccomp
11	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 hated	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Toad	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hate	past	Toad	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	wash not said to happen	gerund	Toad not said here	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

She would have thrown him off at the next lock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 thrown	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 thrown	aux
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thrown	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	4 thrown	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 lock	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lock	det
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lock	amod
10	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw off	would · perfect · passive		She		the next lock			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He would have had to pay her a shilling for the ride and then walk all the way to Toad Hall

The tree, 21 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 had	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 had	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	aux
4	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pay	mark
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pay	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shilling	det
9	shilling	shilling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 ride	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ride	det
12	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 walk	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 walk	advmod
15	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pay	conj
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 way	det:predet
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 way	det
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 walk	obl:unmarked
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 Hall	case
20	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 Hall	compound
21	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	have	would · perfect	He					tree rules
2	pay	to-infinitive	He not said here		her = she		for the ride	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient shilling=Asset for ride=Theme
3	walk	infinitive	He not said here	all way	Toad Hall	then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to hall=Result

Option 3

She would have stopped the barge at once and made him walk back along the towpath to the station

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing 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 barge	det
6	barge	barge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 stopped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	obj
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 made	xcomp
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 walk	advmod
14	along	along	ADP	_	16 towpath	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 towpath	det
16	towpath	towpath	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walk	obl
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 station	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 station	det
19	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stop	would · perfect	She	the barge		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector barge=Eventuality
2	make	past	She not said here	him = he		tree rules
3	walk back	infinitive	him = he not said here		along the towpath; to the station result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to station=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He would probably have sat quietly and enjoyed the lift

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 sat	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sat	aux
5	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 enjoyed	cc
8	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sat	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lift	det
10	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 enjoyed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	would · perfect	He					probably, quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	enjoy	past	He not said here	the lift					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lift=Stimulus

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