Test 7 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

did he really want to break the tree, or was he just being dramatic?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, want, break, be · To what, where: tree

This is test 7 · ★ 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 want	nsubj
3	really	really	ADV	_	4 want	advmod
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 did	parataxis
5	to	to	PART	_	6 break	mark
6	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 want	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 break	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 dramatic	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 dramatic	cc
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dramatic	cop
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dramatic	nsubj
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 dramatic	advmod
14	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 dramatic	cop
15	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 did	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	break not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the tree		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tree=Patient
4	is	past	he		dramatic property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

He was super mad and said it, but he didn't do it

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	4 mad	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mad	cop
3	super	super	ADV	_	4 mad	advmod
4	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 said	cc
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 mad	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 do	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	nsubj
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 do	advmod
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mad	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		mad, super property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here	it		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	not do	past · do-support	he	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

He was just joking

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	4 joking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 joking	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 joking	advmod
4	joking	joke	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	past · progressive	He						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He meant it and did break a branch

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 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 break	cc
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 break	aux
6	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	conj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 branch	det
8	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	He	it					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	break	past · do-support	He not said here	a branch					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer branch=Patient

Option 4

He was angry, but never really meant it

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 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meant	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 meant	cc
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 meant	advmod
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 meant	advmod
8	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 meant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					angry property	tree rules
2	not mean	past		it					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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