Test 7 · ★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer…

What would probably have happened if Toad had strolled to Toad Hall without hearing the news?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: happen, stroll, hear · To what, where: Toad Hall, news

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 65 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 1: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (home at the Rat's, a telling-off, and bad news)» 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	_	9 strolled	mark
7	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 strolled	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 strolled	aux
9	strolled	stroll	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 happened	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Hall	case
11	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Hall	compound
12	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 strolled	obl
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 hearing	mark
14	hearing	hear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 strolled	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 news	det
16	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hearing	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect				probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stroll a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Toad		Toad Hall		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hall=Destination
3	hear	gerund	Toad not said here	the news			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer news=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

He would have reached home and found his dinner waiting

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 reached	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 reached	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 reached	aux
4	reached	reach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 reached	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 found	cc
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reached	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 waiting	nmod:poss
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 waiting	compound
10	waiting	waiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reach	would · perfect	He		home property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	find	past	He not said here	his dinner waiting		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent waiting=Topic
3	wait		his = he			nom waiting «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He would have walked straight into the stoats and weasels

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 walked	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 walked	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 walked	aux
4	walked	walk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 walked	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 stoats	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stoats	det
8	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walked	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 weasels	cc
10	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stoats	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	would · perfect	He					into the stoats and weasels result; straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into stoat=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He would have gone home, found the Hall in order, and had a quiet supper with the Rat and Mole nearby

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 gone	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 gone	aux
4	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 gone	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 found	punct
7	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 gone	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hall	det
9	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 found	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 order	case
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 found	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 had	cc
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 found	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 supper	det
16	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 supper	amod
17	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 Rat	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Rat	det
20	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 supper	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 Mole	cc
22	Mole	Mole	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Rat	conj
23	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	14 had	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	would · perfect	He			home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	past		the Hall	order		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Topic
3	have	past		a quiet supper		with the Rat and Mole; nearby property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient

Option 4

He would have been taken to prison at once by the police

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 taken	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 prison	case
7	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 taken	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 police	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 police	det
12	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	would · perfect · passive	the police	He		prison			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to prison=Destination

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