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description: Which statement most accurately characterises Anthony's emotional response following Molly's refusal? Exam question 2 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,
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# Exam question 2 · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

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Which statement most accurately characterises Anthony's emotional response following Molly's refusal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, emotional response, Molly · **What happens:** characteris, follow, refuse · **To what, where:** emotional response, refusal

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This is exam question 2 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, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/917-pg27200-part128/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:e2:1
# text = Which statement most accurately characterises Anthony's emotional response following Molly's refusal?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	Anthony	Anthony	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
10	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	Molly	Molly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which statement | Anthony's emotional response |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | Anthony's emotional response *not said here* | Molly's refusal |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refusal=Theme |
| 3 | **refuse** |  | Molly |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He expressed deep bitterness and wished to destroy every reminder of her, including the apple-tree

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:e2:o1:1
# text = He expressed deep bitterness and wished to destroy every reminder of her, including the apple-tree
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	expressed	express	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	reminder	reminder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	including	including	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	apple	apple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | past | He | deep bitterness |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bitterness=Theme |
| 2 | **wish** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **destroy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | every reminder of her |  |  |  | including the apple tree | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reminder=Patient |
| 4 | **remind** |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wept at first, then turned bitter and vowed to take revenge on everyone who had supported her

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:e2:o2:1
# text = He wept at first, then turned bitter and vowed to take revenge on everyone who had supported her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	vowed	vow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	revenge	revenge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	supported	support	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl:relcl	_	_
19	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **turn** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | then | bitter *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **vow** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | revenge |  | everyone |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent revenge=Theme on everyone=Destination |
| 5 | **support** | past · perfect · passive |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He expressed bitterness and a desire to destroy all reminders of her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:e2:o3:1
# text = He expressed bitterness and a desire to destroy all reminders of her
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	expressed	express	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bitterness	bitterness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	desire	desire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	destroy	destroy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	reminders	reminder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | past | He | bitterness and a desire |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bitterness=Theme |
| 2 | **destroy** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | all reminders of her |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reminder=Patient |
| 3 | **remind** |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | nom reminder «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He resolved to leave Eisenach and never return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:e2:o4:1
# text = He resolved to leave Eisenach and never return
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Eisenach	Eisenach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | Eisenach |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eisenach=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **return** | infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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