Test 3 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Ad…

What would have happened if Toad had kept quiet about who he was?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, keep · To what, where: Toad

This is test 3 · ★★★ of lesson 64 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter X, part 4: The Further Adventures of Toad (the horse-pond, the chase and a face in the bank)» 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	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kept	xcomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 who	case
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 kept	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 was	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 who	acl:relcl
14	?	?	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				quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme about who=Location

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 party would have stayed seated quietly in the car, so Toad would have driven on without any trouble and reached home

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stayed	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stayed	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 stayed	aux
5	stayed	stay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	seated	seat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stayed	xcomp
7	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	6 seated	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 car	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 car	det
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seated	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 driven	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 driven	advmod
13	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 driven	nsubj:pass
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 driven	aux
15	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 driven	aux
16	driven	drive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 stayed	conj
17	on	on	ADP	_	16 driven	compound:prt
18	without	without	ADP	_	20 trouble	case
19	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	20 trouble	det
20	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 driven	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 reached	cc
22	reached	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stayed	conj
23	home	home	ADV	_	22 reached	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stay	would · perfect	the party				tree rules
2	seat	participle	the party not said here		the car	quietly property	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in car=Location
3	drive on	would · perfect · passive		Toad		without any trouble	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	reach	past	the party not said here			home property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody would have grabbed Toad, so he would have kept driving the motor-car safely to the next town without any crash at all

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 grabbed	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 grabbed	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 grabbed	aux
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 grabbed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kept	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 kept	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kept	nsubj:pass
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 kept	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 kept	aux
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 grabbed	conj
12	driving	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 kept	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 car	det
14	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 car	compound
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 motor	punct
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 driving	obj
17	safely	safely	ADV	_	12 driving	advmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	21 town	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 town	det
20	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 town	amod
21	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 driving	obl
22	without	without	ADP	_	24 crash	case
23	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	24 crash	det
24	crash	crash	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 driving	obl
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 driving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	grab	would · perfect · passive		Nobody			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary toad=Theme
2	keep	would · perfect · passive		Toad			tree rules
3	drive	gerund	Toad not said here	the motor car	all	to the next town; without any crash; safely property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent car=Theme to town=Destination at all=Initial_Location

Option 3

The policemen would never have found him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 policemen	det
2	policemen	policeman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 found	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 found	aux
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 found	advmod
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 found	aux
6	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not find	would · perfect · passive		the policemen					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme he=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The party would not have jumped up, so the car might not have crashed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 have	advmod
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 have	xcomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 jumped	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 crashed	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	15 crashed	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 car	det
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crashed	nsubj:pass
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 crashed	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 crashed	advmod
14	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 crashed	aux
15	crashed	crash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 have	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not have	would	the party		tree rules
2	jump up	past	the party not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not crash	might · perfect · passive		the car	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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