Exam question 2 · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

Which statement most accurately characterises Anthony's emotional response following Molly's refusal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, emotional response, Molly · What happens: characteris, follow, refuse · To what, where: emotional response, refusal

This is exam question 2 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 characterises	advmod
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 response	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Anthony	case
8	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 response	amod
9	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 response	acl
11	Molly	Molly	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 refusal	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Molly	case
13	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 following	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which statement	Anthony's emotional response	accurately property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	Anthony's emotional response not said here	Molly's refusal		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refusal=Theme
3	refuse		Molly			nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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 · ← Mova's choice

He expressed deep bitterness and wished to destroy every reminder of her, including the apple-tree

The tree, 16 words

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	2 expressed	nsubj
2	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bitterness	amod
4	bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wished	cc
6	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 expressed	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 destroy	mark
8	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wished	xcomp
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 reminder	det
10	reminder	reminder	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 destroy	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 reminder	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 tree	punct
14	including	including	ADP	_	18 tree	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tree	det
16	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tree	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 apple	punct
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 destroy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	express	past	He	deep bitterness		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bitterness=Theme
2	wish	past	He not said here			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	destroy not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	every reminder of her	including the apple tree	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reminder=Patient
4	remind			her = she		nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He wept at first, then turned bitter and vowed to take revenge on everyone who had supported her

The tree, 18 words

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	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 first	case
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 wept	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 turned	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 turned	advmod
7	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
8	bitter	bitter	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 turned	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 vowed	cc
10	vowed	vow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 take	mark
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 vowed	xcomp
13	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 everyone	case
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 take	obl
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 supported	nsubj:pass
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 supported	aux
18	supported	support	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 everyone	acl:relcl
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 supported	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He					vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	turn	past	He not said here			then	bitter property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	vow	past	He not said here					tree rules
4	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	revenge	everyone			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on everyone=Destination
5	support	past · perfect · passive		her = she				tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He expressed bitterness and a desire to destroy all reminders of her

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	2 expressed	nsubj
2	expressed	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expressed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 desire	cc
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 desire	det
6	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bitterness	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 destroy	mark
8	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 expressed	advcl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 reminders	det
10	reminders	reminder	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 destroy	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 reminders	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	express	past	He	bitterness and a desire	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bitterness=Theme
2	destroy	to-infinitive	He not said here	all reminders of her	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reminder=Patient
3	remind			her = she	nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

He resolved to leave Eisenach and never return

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	2 resolved	nsubj
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 leave	mark
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 resolved	xcomp
5	Eisenach	Eisenach	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 return	cc
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 return	advmod
8	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 leave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	resolve	past	He		tree rules
2	leave	to-infinitive	He not said here	Eisenach	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eisenach=Theme
3	not return	infinitive	He not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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