Test 12 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

why did the branch break off the tree?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: branch · What happens: break off · To what, where: tree

This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 break	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 break	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 branch	det
4	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 break	nsubj
5	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 break	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 break	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 break	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break off	past · do-support	the branch	the tree					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=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

A storm blew past and snapped it off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blew	nsubj
3	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	past	past	ADV	_	3 blew	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 snapped	cc
6	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blew	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 snapped	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 snapped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow past	past	a storm					past property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	snap off	past	a storm not said here	storm					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 2

A heavy frost in winter froze it and it cracked off under the weight of ice

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 frost	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 frost	amod
3	frost	frost	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 froze	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 winter	case
5	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 frost	nmod
6	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 froze	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cracked	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 cracked	nsubj
10	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 froze	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 cracked	compound:prt
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 weight	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 weight	det
14	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cracked	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 ice	case
16	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 weight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past	a heavy frost in winter	it					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result
2	crack off	past	frost			the weight of ice			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under weight=Location

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

Some kids passed by and broke it, mischievous hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 kids	det
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kids	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	3 passed	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 broke	cc
6	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 passed	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 broke	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hands	punct
9	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hands	amod
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 kids	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass by	participle		some kids and mischievous hands not said here					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	break	past		it					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient

Option 4

Some kids passed by on the road and broke it off with their mischievous hands

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 kids	det
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 broke	nsubj
3	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kids	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 road	case
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passed	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 passed	cc
9	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 broke	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	9 broke	compound:prt
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 hands	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 hands	nmod:poss
14	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hands	amod
15	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	participle		some kids not said here				by the road	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by road=Location
2	break off	past	some kids	road				with kids's mischievous hands	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with hand=Instrument

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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