Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer…

What would have happened if Toad had tried to take the Hall by force?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, try, take · To what, where: Toad, Hall

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 67 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 3: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (loyal friends, cold pie and «Be quiet at once!»)» 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 tried	mark
6	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tried	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tried	aux
8	tried	try	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happened	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 take	mark
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 tried	xcomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Hall	det
12	Hall	Hall	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 take	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 force	case
14	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 take	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	try a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive	Toad			tree rules
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive		the Hall	by force	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument hall=Destination

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 · ← Mova's choice

The stoat sentries, the best in the world, would have beaten him again, and he would have lost all his friends too

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	3 sentries	det
2	stoat	stoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sentries	compound
3	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 beaten	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 best	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 best	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 sentries	parataxis
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 best	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sentries	punct
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 beaten	aux
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 beaten	aux
13	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 beaten	obj
15	again	again	ADV	_	13 beaten	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 lost	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 lost	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 lost	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 lost	aux
20	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	21 lost	aux
21	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 beaten	conj
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 friends	det:predet
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 friends	nmod:poss
24	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 lost	obj
25	too	too	ADV	_	21 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	would · perfect · passive		the stoat sentries			again		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient he=Result
2	lose	would · perfect	he	his friends					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality

Option 2

Toad would have been thrown back into prison by the gaoler's men

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 thrown	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 thrown	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 thrown	aux:pass
5	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 thrown	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 prison	case
8	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thrown	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 men	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gaoler	det
11	gaoler	gaoler	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 men	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 gaoler	case
13	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw back	would · perfect · passive	the gaoler's men	Toad				into prison result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer subject=Theme into prison=Result

Option 3

The stoats would have chased him away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stoats	det
2	stoats	stoat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chased	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 chased	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 chased	aux
5	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chased	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 chased	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase away	would · perfect · passive		the stoats				away property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The stoat sentries, the best in the world, would have beaten him again

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sentries	det
2	stoat	stoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sentries	compound
3	sentries	sentry	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 beaten	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 best	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 best	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 sentries	parataxis
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 world	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 world	det
9	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 best	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sentries	punct
11	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 beaten	aux
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 beaten	aux
13	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 beaten	obj
15	again	again	ADV	_	13 beaten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	would · perfect · passive		the stoat sentries			again		vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient he=Result

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