--- title: What would have happened if the weasels had kept their guns at the b… — The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII,… · tree and pragmatics description: What would have happened if the weasels had kept their guns at the banquet? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/t5/) [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 XII,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★★ · The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return o… What would have happened if the weasels had kept their guns at the banquet? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** happen, keep · **To what, where:** weasels, banquet This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 71 «The Wind in the Willows, chapter XII, part 2: The Return of Ulysses (four Heroes, five minutes and clean sheets)» 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/71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t5:1 # text = What would have happened if the weasels had kept their guns at the banquet? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 weasels weasel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 guns gun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 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 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | the weasels | | the banquet | | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme gun=Attribute | 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} A bloody war ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t5:o1:1 # text = A bloody war 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Badger would be dead ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t5:o2:1 # text = Badger would be dead 1 Badger Badger PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | Badger | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A much harder fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t5:o3:1 # text = A much harder fight 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 much much ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Worse for us ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:71-willows-ch12-part2-the-battle-of-toad-hall:t5:o4:1 # text = Worse for us 1 Worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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