Exam question 1 · Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sn…

Which of the following describes the manner in which Peter effected his escape from the garden?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peter · What happens: follow, describe, affect, escape · To what, where: manner, escape

This is exam question 1 of lesson 273 «Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden and only just escapes» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 effected	obl
10	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 effected	nsubj
11	effected	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 manner	acl:relcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 escape	nmod:poss
13	escape	escape	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 effected	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 garden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garden	det
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 effected	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	affect	past	Peter	Peter's escape	the manner	from the garden	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus escape=Experiencer
4	escape		Peter				nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=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 climbed over the wall

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADP	_	5 wall	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	past	He			the wall			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory

Option 2

He ran through the door

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He			the door			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He crept under the gate while Mr. McGregor was raking

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 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	under	under	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crept	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 raking	mark
7	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 McGregor	nmod:desc
8	McGregor	McGregor	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 raking	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 raking	aux
10	raking	rake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 crept	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	He			the gate			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under gate=Trajectory
2	rake	past · progressive	McGregor Mr.						vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He slipped beneath the gate while Mr. McGregor was hoeing

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 slipped	nsubj
2	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	5 gate	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slipped	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 hoeing	mark
7	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 McGregor	nmod:desc
8	McGregor	McGregor	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hoeing	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 hoeing	aux
10	hoeing	hoe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 slipped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	He					beneath the gate	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	hoe	past · progressive	McGregor Mr.						vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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