Exam question 1 · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

Which of the following best describes the reason for Molly's departure from Eisenach?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Molly · What happens: follow, describe, depart · To what, where: reason, Eisenach

This is exam question 1 of lesson 917 «pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly, is turned away, and finds the apple-tree still bearing fruit» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 departure	case
10	Molly	Molly	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 departure	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Molly	case
12	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nmod
13	from	from	ADP	_	14 Eisenach	case
14	Eisenach	Eisenach	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 departure	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		of the best; for Molly's departure from Eisenach	tree rules
3	depart		Molly		Eisenach		nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place

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 father, having lost his position, relocated the family to a far-off city northward on the coast

The tree, 18 words

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	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relocated	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 having	punct
4	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 father	conj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 having	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 position	nmod:poss
7	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 father	punct
9	relocated	relocate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relocated	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	17 city	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 city	det
14	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 city	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	17 city	punct
16	off	off	ADP	_	17 city	case
17	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relocated	obl
18	northward	northward	ADV	_	9 relocated	advmod
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 coast	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 coast	det
21	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 relocated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	Her father not said here				tree rules
2	lose	participle	Her father not said here	father's position			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent position=Eventuality
3	relocate	past	Her father	the family	the coast	to a far city; northward property	tree rules

Option 2

Her father was sent away by the church to Bremen

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	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux:pass
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 church	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 church	det
8	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Bremen	case
10	Bremen	Bremen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 church	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	past · passive	the church to Bremen	Her father				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her father removed the family to Weimar, a considerable distance eastward

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	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	nsubj
3	removed	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Weimar	case
7	Weimar	Weimar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 removed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 eastward	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 eastward	det
10	considerable	considerable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 eastward	amod
11	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 eastward	compound
12	eastward	eastward	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Weimar	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past	Her father	the family	Weimar				vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent family=Theme to weimar=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Her father moved the whole household to Weimar after losing his post, a long journey eastward

The tree, 16 words

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	2 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	nsubj
3	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 household	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 household	amod
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Weimar	case
8	Weimar	Weimar	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 losing	mark
10	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 moved	advcl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 post	nmod:poss
12	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 losing	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 eastward	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 eastward	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 eastward	amod
16	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 eastward	compound
17	eastward	eastward	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 post	list

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past	Her father	the whole household	Weimar				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent household=Theme to weimar=Result
2	lose	gerund	Her father not said here	father's post					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent post=Eventuality

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