Exam question 3 · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

What is the principal consequence, as recounted in the passage, of the decline in the fortunes of Anthony's father?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, recount · To what, where: principal consequence, passage

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 recounted	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 recounted	mark
8	recounted	recount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 passage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 passage	det
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recounted	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 decline	punct
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 decline	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 decline	det
15	decline	decline	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 fortunes	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 fortunes	det
18	fortunes	fortune	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 decline	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	22 father	case
20	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 father	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 Anthony	case
22	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fortunes	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence and the decline in the fortunes of Anthony's father					tree rules
2	recount speech: other	participle		the principal consequence and the decline in the fortunes of Anthony's father not said here		the passage			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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

Anthony was forced to leave school and find work in Eisenach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 forced	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forced	aux:pass
3	forced	force	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 leave	mark
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forced	xcomp
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 find	cc
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 leave	conj
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Eisenach	case
11	Eisenach	Eisenach	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	force	past · passive		Anthony		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave	to-infinitive	Anthony not said here	school		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent school=Theme
3	find	infinitive	Anthony not said here	work	Eisenach	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Anthony was compelled to assume responsibility and seek employment in Bremen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 compelled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 compelled	aux:pass
3	compelled	compel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 assume	mark
5	assume	assume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 compelled	xcomp
6	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 assume	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 seek	cc
8	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 assume	conj
9	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seek	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 Bremen	case
11	Bremen	Bremen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 seek	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	compel	past · passive	Anthony		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	assume	to-infinitive	responsibility		vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Theme
3	seek	infinitive	employment	Bremen	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent employment=Theme in bremen=Location

Option 3

He had to work in Bremen

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 work	mark
4	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Bremen	case
6	Bremen	Bremen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He						tree rules
2	work	to-infinitive	He not said here					in Bremen	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in bremen=Theme

Option 4

He was sent to live with an uncle in Weimar

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	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 live	mark
5	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 uncle	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 uncle	det
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 live	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Weimar	case
10	Weimar	Weimar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 uncle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	live	to-infinitive	He not said here					with a uncle in Weimar	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with uncle=Location

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