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title: so did his dad get rich or broke? — pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so did his dad get rich or broke? Test 4 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 4 · ★ · pg27200, Anthony and Molly, part 128: Anthony visits Molly…

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so did his dad get rich or broke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** do, get

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This is test 4 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/917-pg27200-part128/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t4:1
# text = so did his dad get rich or broke?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	broke	broke	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | his dad |  |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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Rich again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t4:o1:1
# text = Rich again
1	Rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Still rich, he kept his house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t4:o2:1
# text = Still rich, he kept his house
1	Still	still	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | his house |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

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

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Broke, he lost all his money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t4:o3:1
# text = Broke, he lost all his money
1	Broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **lose** | past | he | his money |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Broke, poor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:917-pg27200-part128:t4:o4:1
# text = Broke, poor
1	Broke	Broke	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

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