Test 3 · ★ · Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped

What would happen if Grace had thrown the cake away?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, throw away · To what, where: Grace

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 25 «Disappointed: when things don't go the way you hoped» of the reflection 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	_	7 thrown	mark
5	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 thrown	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thrown	aux
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cake	det
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thrown	obj
10	away	away	ADV	_	7 thrown	advmod
11	?	?	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	throw away a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		Grace				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination cake=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

Her next cake would come out burnt too, and the one after that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cake	nmod:poss
2	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cake	amod
3	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	out	out	ADV	_	7 burnt	advmod
7	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 come	advcl
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 burnt	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 one	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 one	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 that	case
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	would	Her next cake	the one after that					vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
2	burnt	participle	Her next cake not said here					out property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She would have missed the fun of the volcano that sold first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 missed	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 missed	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 missed	aux
4	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fun	det
6	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 missed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 volcano	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 volcano	det
9	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fun	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sold	nsubj
11	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 volcano	acl:relcl
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 sold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	would · perfect	She	the fun of the volcano					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fun=Stimulus
2	sell	past	the volcano					first property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The bake sale would have been cancelled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sale	det
2	bake	bake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sale	compound
3	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cancelled	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cancelled	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 cancelled	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 cancelled	aux:pass
7	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	would · perfect · passive		the bake sale					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nobody would have bought any cakes at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 bought	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 bought	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 bought	aux
4	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 cakes	det
6	cakes	cake	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bought	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	would · perfect	Nobody	any cakes		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cake=Theme at all=Asset

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