Test 3 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

wait, how many letters did he even get from her in three years?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, many letters, he · What happens: wait, do, get

This is test 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. 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 letters	amod
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 get	nsubj
8	even	even	ADV	_	9 get	advmod
9	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 did	ccomp
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 get	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 years	case
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 years	nummod
14	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 get	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	many letters			tree rules
3	get	present	he	year	from her = she	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from she=Destination

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

Quite a few at first, but then she stopped writing to him entirely after the move

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quite	quite	DET	PronType=Ind	3 few	det:predet
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 few	det
3	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 first	case
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 few	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stopped	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 stopped	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 stopped	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stopped	nsubj
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 few	conj
11	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stopped	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 writing	obl
14	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	11 writing	advmod
15	after	after	ADP	_	17 move	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 move	det
17	move	move	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 writing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	she				then		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	write	gerund	she not said here		him = he		after the move	entirely property	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Only two, one from the carrier and one from some traveller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 one	advmod
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 one	nummod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 one	punct
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 carrier	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carrier	det
7	carrier	carrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 one	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 one	cc
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 one	conj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 traveller	case
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	12 traveller	det
12	traveller	traveller	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Only two, and both were very short and cold and came years apart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 two	advmod
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 short	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 short	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 short	cc
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 short	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 short	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 short	advmod
8	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cold	cc
10	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 short	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 came	cc
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 short	conj
13	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 came	obl:unmarked
14	apart	apart	ADV	_	12 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	two		short property	tree rules
2	be		two not said here			tree rules
3	come	past	two not said here	year	apart property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Only one, from the postman on his rounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 one	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 postman	punct
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 postman	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 postman	det
6	postman	postman	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	appos
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 rounds	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 rounds	nmod:poss
9	rounds	round	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 postman	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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