Test 6 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

fr, what happened to the apple-tree when he came back?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fr · What happens: happen, come back

This is test 6 · ★ 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 tree	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
7	apple	apple	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tree	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 apple	punct
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 came	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	advcl
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 came	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	fr					to the apple tree	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come back	past	fr						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

It was still standing and heavy with apples

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	4 standing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 standing	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 standing	advmod
4	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 heavy	cc
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 standing	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 apples	case
8	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 heavy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	It				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It was still standing, though one branch was snapped off and it was heavy with apples

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	4 standing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 standing	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 standing	advmod
4	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 snapped	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 snapped	mark
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 branch	nummod
8	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 snapped	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 snapped	aux:pass
10	snapped	snap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 standing	conj
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 snapped	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 heavy	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 heavy	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 heavy	cop
15	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 standing	conj
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 apples	case
17	apples	apple	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 heavy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past · progressive	It		still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	snap off	past · passive		one branch			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	is	past	branch			with apples; heavy property	tree rules

Option 3

Nothing had changed except that it was a bit smaller and a few branches were gone

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 changed	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	aux
3	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	except	except	ADP	_	10 smaller	case
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 smaller	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 smaller	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 smaller	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 smaller	obl:unmarked
10	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 changed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gone	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 branches	det
13	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 branches	amod
14	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 gone	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 gone	cop
16	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 smaller	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	past · perfect · passive		Nothing		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	is	past	it		a bit obl:unmarked; small property	tree rules
3	is	past	a few branches		gone property	tree rules

Option 4

It had withered and lost every leaf

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 withered	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 withered	aux
3	withered	wither	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lost	cc
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 withered	conj
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 leaf	det
7	leaf	leaf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wither	past · perfect · passive		It					tree rules
2	lose	participle		every leaf					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Eventuality

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