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I have 2 comments to the original post.
In question 1, the poster asks; "When can the defense make the dead ball appeal?" To make a dead ball appeal the ball has to be dead. Is this case the ball was not dead and as described, the fielder made a live ball appeal. When the catcher tagged her as described in this post, I would call an out for the following reason:
RS 1, Section I. "Plate and tag missed. If a runner misses home plate and the catcher misses the tag, the umpire should hesitate slightly. If no tag is made, the umpire should call the runner safe. If an appeal play is made by tagging the runner or home plate, the umpire should then render a decision."
The plate was missed, why would the fielder have to wait and allow her to "complete her base running responsibilities". She missed the base, ball is live, we have a tag, I have an OUT.
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