Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the s…

What reason did Mrs. Darling give for not displaying the shadow outside?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, Mrs. · What happens: do, give, not display · To what, where: shadow

This is exam question 2 of lesson 312 «Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the shadow, and the parents blame themselves for that Friday» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
5	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Mrs.	flat
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	ccomp
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 displaying	mark
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 displaying	advmod
9	displaying	display	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shadow	det
11	shadow	shadow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 displaying	obj
12	outside	outside	ADV	_	9 displaying	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	reason			tree rules
2	give	present	Mrs.			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	not display	gerund	Mrs. not said here	the shadow	outside property	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shadow=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

it resembled washing, lowered the tone of the house and was a disgrace to the family name

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resembled	nsubj
2	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resembled	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lowered	punct
5	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 resembled	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tone	det
7	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lowered	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tone	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 disgrace	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 disgrace	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 disgrace	det
14	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resembled	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 name	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 name	det
17	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 name	compound
18	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 resembled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	resemble	past	it	washing	to the family name	tree rules
2	lower	past		the tone of the house		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tone=Theme
3	is a	past		a disgrace		tree rules
4	intonate			the house		nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

it was torn and would fall off the frame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 torn	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 torn	aux:pass
3	torn	tear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 fall	cc
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fall	aux
6	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 torn	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 fall	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 frame	det
9	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tear	past · passive		it					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	fall off	would		the frame					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

it resembled washing hung out to dry and would have upset the neighbours on the whole street

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hung	nsubj:pass
2	resembled	resemble	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	aux
3	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 hung	aux:pass
4	hung	hang	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 hung	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	7 dry	mark
7	dry	dry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 hung	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 upset	cc
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 upset	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 upset	aux
11	upset	upset	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 hung	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 neighbours	det
13	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 upset	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 street	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 street	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 street	amod
17	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 upset	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hang out	past · passive	it		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	dry	to-infinitive			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	upset	would · perfect	the neighbours	the whole street	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus neighbour=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it resembled washing and lowered the tone of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 resembled	nsubj
2	resembled	resemble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	washing	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 resembled	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 lowered	cc
5	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 resembled	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tone	det
7	tone	tone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lowered	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	resemble	past	it		tree rules
2	wash	gerund			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	lower	past		the tone of the house	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tone=Theme
4	intonate			the house	nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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