--- title: What would happen to the sentries if they believed the attack was co… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p… · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen to the sentries if they believed the attack was coming from three sides? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer… What would happen to the sentries if they believed the attack was coming from three sides? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sentries, attack · **What happens:** happen, believe, come · **To what, where:** three sides · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 69 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XI, part 5: «Like Summer Tempests Came His Tears» (Mole the washerwoman and the badgers that never were)» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t6:1 # text = What would happen to the sentries if they believed the attack was coming from three sides? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sentries sentry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 attack attack NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 ccomp _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | to the sentries | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **believe** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | sentries *= sentry* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **come** | past · progressive | the attack | | | three sides | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from side=Initial\_Location | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They'd sleep ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t6:o1:1 # text = They'd sleep 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | would | They | | | | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They'd split up and panic ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t6:o2:1 # text = They'd split up and panic 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 split split VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 panic panic VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **split up** | would | They | | | | | | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **panic** | present | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They'd be spread out and jumpy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t6:o3:1 # text = They'd be spread out and jumpy 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 jumpy jumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread out** | would · passive | | They | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They'd be spread thin and nervous ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:69-willows-ch11-part5-clever-mole:t6:o4:1 # text = They'd be spread thin and nervous 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 thin thin ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 nervous nervous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | would · passive | | They | | | | thin *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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