Exam question 2 · Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darling…

In accordance with the passage, by what means did Mr. Darling secure the hand of Mrs. Darling?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Darling · What happens: mean, secure · To what, where: accordance, hand · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 of lesson 310 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darlings and their dog nurse Nana» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 accordance	case
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 means	obl
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accordance	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 accordance	punct
7	by	by	SCONJ	_	9 means	mark
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 secure	aux
11	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Darling	nmod:desc
12	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 secure	nsubj
13	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 means	ccomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hand	det
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 secure	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Darling	case
17	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Darling	compound
18	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 hand	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present				accordance with the passage			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	secure	past · do-support	Darling Mr.	the hand of Mrs. Darling					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hand=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice

By arriving first in a cab, having been the most cunning of all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 arriving	mark
2	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 arriving	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cab	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cab	det
6	cab	cab	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arriving	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cunning	punct
8	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 cunning	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 cunning	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cunning	det
11	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	12 cunning	advmod
12	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arriving	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 cunning	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	gerund				a cab		first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	gerund · perfect		the cunning				of all	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

By arriving first in a cab

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 arriving	mark
2	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 arriving	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cab	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cab	det
6	cab	cab	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arriving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	gerund				a cab		first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

By sending roses to her home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sending	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 home	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 home	nmod:poss
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		roses		her home			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent rose=Theme to home=Destination

Option 4

By arriving first in a cab, ahead of all the other suitors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 arriving	mark
2	arriving	arrive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 arriving	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cab	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cab	det
6	cab	cab	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 arriving	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ahead	punct
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 arriving	advmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 suitors	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 suitors	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 suitors	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 suitors	amod
13	suitors	suitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ahead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrive	gerund				a cab		ahead, first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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