Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer…

What would have happened if Toad had listened to the Rat the first time?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Toad · What happens: happen, listen

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 66 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 2: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (how Toad Hall was taken, a gun at the gate and a sunken boat)» 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 listened	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 listened	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 listened	aux
8	listened	listen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Rat	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Rat	det
11	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 listened	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 listened	obl:unmarked
15	?	?	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	listen a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Toad				time	to the Rat	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to rat=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

He would have kept his house safe

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 kept	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	aux
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 house	nmod:poss
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	would · perfect · passive		He				safe property	vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme house=Attribute

Option 2

He would have kept the Rat's boat and suit safe and never been beaten at the bridge

The tree, 18 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 kept	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	aux
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 boat	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Rat	case
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 suit	cc
10	suit	suit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 suit	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 beaten	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	15 beaten	advmod
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 beaten	aux:pass
15	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 safe	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 bridge	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bridge	det
18	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 beaten	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	would · perfect · passive	He			vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme boat=Attribute
2	suit	present			safe property	tree rules
3	not beat	participle · passive		the bridge		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: at bridge=Location

Option 3

He would have kept the Rat's boat and suit safe and never gone out alone to Toad Hall at all

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 kept	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	aux
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 boat	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Rat	case
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 suit	cc
10	suit	suit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 suit	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 gone	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 gone	advmod
14	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 kept	conj
15	out	out	ADP	_	14 gone	compound:prt
16	alone	alone	ADV	_	14 gone	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 Hall	case
18	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Hall	compound
19	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 gone	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 all	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	would · perfect · passive	He				vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme boat=Attribute
2	suit	present				safe property	tree rules
3	not go out	participle		Toad Hall	all	alone property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He would have kept the Rat's boat and suit safe

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 kept	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	aux
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rat	det
6	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 boat	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Rat	case
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 suit	cc
10	suit	suit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	conj
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 suit	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	would · perfect · passive		He					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme boat=Attribute
2	suit	present						safe property	tree rules

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