Test 8 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

what do Tristan and Isolda have to do with Anthony?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tristan · What happens: be, have, do

This is test 8 · ★ 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	Tristan	Tristan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 have	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Isolda	cc
5	Isolda	Isolda	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Tristan	conj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 have	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 Anthony	case
10	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is a	present			tree rules
2	have	present	Tristan and Isolda		tree rules
3	do	to-infinitive	Tristan and Isolda not said here	with Anthony	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

He thought their love would end well for him

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 love	nmod:poss
4	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 end	aux
6	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 end	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 end	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	end	would	their love	for him = he; well property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	love		their = they		nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He wished his story had their tragic ending

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 story	nmod:poss
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	ccomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 ending	nmod:poss
7	tragic	tragic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ending	amod
8	ending	ending	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	past	He		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	have	past	his story	their tragic ending	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ending=Patient
3	end		their = they		nom ending «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He read their story and decided to write his own tragic ballad about lovers in Eisenach

The tree, 16 words

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 read	nsubj
2	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 story	nmod:poss
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 read	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 decided	cc
6	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 read	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 write	mark
8	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 decided	xcomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ballad	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ballad	amod
11	tragic	tragic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ballad	amod
12	ballad	ballad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 write	obj
13	about	about	ADP	_	14 lovers	case
14	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 write	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Eisenach	case
16	Eisenach	Eisenach	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	read	past	He	their story			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Topic
2	decide	past	He not said here				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	write not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his own tragic ballad	Eisenach	about lovers	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ballad=Theme in eisenach=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He thought their sad story might be like his, but it wasn't

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 story	nmod:poss
4	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 story	amod
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	obj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 his	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 his	cop
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 his	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 story	acl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 was	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 was	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 was	nsubj
13	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	parataxis
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 was	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He	their sad story		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot story=Theme
2	is	might	their sad story not said here		like his = he	tree rules
3	not be	past	story			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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