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

To which occasion does the phrase "that fatal Friday" refer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fatal Friday · What happens: do, refer · To what, where: phrase

This is exam question 3 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 occasion	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 occasion	det
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phrase	det
6	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 phrase	punct
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 refer	obj
9	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Friday	amod
10	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 refer	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 refer	punct
12	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 phrase	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		the phrase				to which occasion	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phrase=Eventuality
2	refer	infinitive	fatal Friday	the phrase					vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent that=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 · ✓ the right answer

the evening on which Mrs. Darling accepted an invitation to dine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 evening	det
2	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accepted	obl:unmarked
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 accepted	obl
5	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 accepted	nsubj
6	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Mrs.	flat
7	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 invitation	det
9	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accepted	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dine	mark
11	dine	dine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 invitation	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	Mrs.	a invitation			evening		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme
2	dine	to-infinitive	Mrs. not said here	a invitation not said here					vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

the evening on which Mrs. Darling accepted an invitation to dine with her husband's employer at number 27

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 evening	det
2	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accepted	obl:unmarked
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 accepted	obl
5	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 accepted	nsubj
6	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Mrs.	flat
7	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 invitation	det
9	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 accepted	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 dine	mark
11	dine	dine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 invitation	acl
12	with	with	ADP	_	16 employer	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 husband	nmod:poss
14	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 employer	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 husband	case
16	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dine	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 number	case
18	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dine	obl
19	27	27	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 number	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	Mrs.	a invitation			evening		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme
2	dine	to-infinitive	Mrs. not said here	a invitation not said here		number		with Mrs.'s husband's employer	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

the afternoon when Mr. Darling came home late from work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 afternoon	det
2	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	nsubj
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 Darling	advmod
4	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Darling	nmod:desc
5	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 afternoon	nmod
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 came	advmod
8	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 came	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 work	case
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the afternoon Darling Mr.			work		home, late property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from work=Initial_Location

Option 4

the day on which the children lost their shadows and Peter flew away into the night sky

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 day	det
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obl:unmarked
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 children	det
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lost	nsubj
7	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 shadows	nmod:poss
9	shadows	shadow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lost	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 flew	cc
11	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 flew	nsubj
12	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	conj
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 flew	advmod
14	into	into	ADP	_	17 sky	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sky	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sky	compound
17	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	which children	children's shadows	day		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shadow=Eventuality
2	fly away	past	Peter			into the night sky result; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result
3	shadow		children = child				nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent

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