Exam question 4 · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

Which of the following is the most accurate account of the condition of the apple-tree at the close of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be, condition · To what, where: apple tree

This is exam question 4 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	9 account	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 account	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 account	case
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 account	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 accurate	advmod
8	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 account	amod
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 condition	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 condition	det
12	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 account	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	17 tree	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tree	det
15	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tree	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 apple	punct
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 condition	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 close	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 close	det
20	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tree	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 passage	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 passage	det
23	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 close	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 account	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present		of the accurate account; of the condition of the apple tree at the close of the passage	tree rules
3	condition		the apple tree at the close of the passage		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

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

It remained standing and bore abundant fruit, although one branch had been torn off by children

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 remained	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bore	cc
5	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remained	conj
6	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fruit	amod
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bore	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 torn	punct
9	although	although	SCONJ	_	14 torn	mark
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 branch	nummod
11	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 torn	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 torn	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 torn	aux:pass
14	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remained	conj
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 torn	compound:prt
16	by	by	ADP	_	17 children	case
17	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 torn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	remain	past	It		tree rules
2	stand	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bear	past		abundant fruit	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient
4	tear off	past · perfect · passive	children	one branch	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location subject=Theme

Option 2

It withered and died, though a few fruit remained

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 withered	nsubj
2	withered	wither	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 died	cc
4	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 withered	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fruit	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	9 fruit	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fruit	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fruit	amod
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	obl
10	remained	remain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 fruit	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wither	past	It		vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	die	past		a few fruit	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	remain	participle		a few fruit not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It remained standing and bore abundant fruit, though one branch had been broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 remained	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bore	cc
5	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 remained	conj
6	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fruit	amod
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bore	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 broken	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 broken	mark
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 branch	nummod
11	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 broken	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 broken	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 broken	aux:pass
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remained	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	remain	past	It		tree rules
2	stand	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	bear	past		abundant fruit	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient
4	break	past · perfect · passive		one branch	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

It was left standing with no fruit at all, for the frost had destroyed every blossom and all its branches were bare

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 left	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 left	aux:pass
3	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 left	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fruit	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 fruit	det
7	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 standing	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 fruit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 destroyed	punct
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	15 destroyed	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 frost	det
13	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 destroyed	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 destroyed	aux
15	destroyed	destroy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 left	parataxis
16	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	17 blossom	det
17	blossom	blossom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 destroyed	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 bare	cc
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 branches	det:predet
20	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 branches	nmod:poss
21	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 bare	nsubj
22	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 bare	cop
23	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 destroyed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		It		tree rules
2	stand	gerund			with no fruit at all	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	destroy	past · perfect · passive		the frost		tree rules
4	is	past	frost's branches		bare property	tree rules

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