Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Ad…

What would have happened if Toad had hidden till dark, as he later wished?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: happen, hide, wish · To what, where: Toad

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 63 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 3: The Further Adventures of Toad (the most conceited song and the very same motor-car)» 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 hidden	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hidden	aux
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 wished	advcl
9	till	till	ADP	_	10 dark	case
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hidden	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wished	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 wished	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wished	nsubj
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 wished	advmod
15	wished	wish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hide a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		Toad	till dark		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	wish	participle	Toad			late property	vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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

He might have slipped home quietly by the back ways without ever meeting that motor-car or the gentlemen in it at all

The tree, 23 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 slipped	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 slipped	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 slipped	aux
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	6 quietly	advmod
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 slipped	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 ways	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ways	det
9	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ways	compound
10	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slipped	obl
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 meeting	case
12	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 meeting	advmod
13	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 slipped	obl
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 car	nsubj
15	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 car	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 motor	punct
17	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 meeting	acl:relcl
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 gentlemen	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gentlemen	det
20	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 car	conj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 car	nmod
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 all	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	might · perfect	He			all		by the back ways; without meeting; quietly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	car		meeting			meeting			tree rules

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

He might have slipped home quietly without meeting the car

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 slipped	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 slipped	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 slipped	aux
4	slipped	slip	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 slipped	advmod
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	4 slipped	advmod
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 meeting	mark
8	meeting	meet	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 slipped	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 car	det
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meeting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	might · perfect	He					home, quietly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	meet	gerund	He not said here	the car					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Co-Agent

Option 3

He could have got home without any trouble at all

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 got	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 got	aux
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 trouble	det
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 trouble	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	could · perfect	He					without any trouble at all; home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

He would never have been in such trouble, since he would have avoided the car, the gentlemen, and the crash entirely

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	8 trouble	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 trouble	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 trouble	advmod
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 trouble	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 trouble	cop
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 trouble	case
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 trouble	amod
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 avoided	punct
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 avoided	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 avoided	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 avoided	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 avoided	aux
14	avoided	avoid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 trouble	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 car	det
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 avoided	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 gentlemen	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 gentlemen	det
19	gentlemen	gentleman	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 car	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 crash	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 crash	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 crash	det
23	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trouble	conj
24	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	23 crash	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	would · perfect	He			such trouble and the crash			tree rules
2	avoid	would · perfect	he	the car and the gentlemen					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent car=Location

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