Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return o…

What would have happened if Badger had fired his pistol in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Badger · What happens: happen, fire · To what, where: pistol, passage

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 70 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 1: The Return of Ulysses (dressing for battle, the dark passage and «Good Toad, modest Toad»)» 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 fired	mark
6	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fired	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fired	aux
8	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pistol	nmod:poss
10	pistol	pistol	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fired	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fired	obl
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	fire a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Badger	Badger's pistol		the passage			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pistol=Theme in passage=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

The shot would have hit Badger's own stick and knocked everyone down the passage

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shot	det
2	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 hit	aux
5	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 stick	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Badger	case
8	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 stick	amod
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 knocked	cc
11	knocked	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	conj
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 knocked	obj
13	down	down	ADP	_	15 passage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 passage	det
15	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	would · perfect · passive		the shot					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient stick=Result
2	knock	past		everyone				down the passage	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient

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

He might have hurt Toad and warned the 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 hurt	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hurt	aux
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 hurt	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 warned	cc
7	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 weasels	det
9	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 warned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	might · perfect	He	Toad					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer toad=Patient
2	warn speech: warn	past	He not said here		the weasels				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent weasel=Recipient

Option 3

Toad would have fainted and the weasels would have been trapped at the house door

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fainted	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fainted	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 fainted	aux
4	fainted	faint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 trapped	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 weasels	det
7	weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 trapped	nsubj:pass
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 trapped	aux
9	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 trapped	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 trapped	aux:pass
11	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fainted	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 door	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 door	compound
15	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	would · perfect	Toad						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	trap	would · perfect · passive		the weasels		the house door			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The noise would have woken the Rat sooner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 noise	det
2	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woken	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 woken	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 woken	aux
5	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rat	det
7	Rat	Rat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 woken	obj
8	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 woken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	would · perfect · passive		the noise				soon property	tree rules

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