Test 4 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

What would happen if the Cat had gone in with the Dog?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cat · What happens: happen, go in

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» 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	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 gone	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gone	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 gone	aux
8	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 happen	advcl
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 gone	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 Dog	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Dog	det
12	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gone	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go in a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the Cat					with the Dog	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with dog=Beneficiary

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 eaten the bone

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 eaten	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 eaten	aux
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bone	det
6	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	would · perfect	He	the bone					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Perhaps he'd have got a bargain too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 got	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 got	aux
5	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bargain	det
7	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	5 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would · perfect	he	a bargain				perhaps property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bargain=Stimulus

Option 3

Perhaps he'd have become a Servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	5 become	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 become	nsubj
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 become	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 become	aux
5	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 Servant	det
7	Servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would · perfect	he	a Servant				perhaps property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He'd be fed

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 fed	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 fed	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 fed	aux:pass
4	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	would · passive		He					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

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