Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 5: Peter finds his shadow, whic…

Which statement by Peter about mothers is recorded in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peter · What happens: record, state · To what, where: statement, passage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 314 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 5: Peter finds his shadow, which Wendy sews back on» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	nsubj:pass
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 Peter	case
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 statement	nmod
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 mothers	case
6	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 statement	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 recorded	aux:pass
8	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 passage	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 passage	det
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recorded	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 recorded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	present · passive		which statement by Peter about mothers		the passage			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in passage=Destination
2	state		Peter					about mothers	nom statement «communication transitive»: by=agent about=obl

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

"Get a new mother."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct
2	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mother	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mother	amod
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Get	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	imperative	you not said here	a new mother					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

"Hate mothers."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 mothers	punct
2	Hate	hate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mothers	compound
3	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 mothers	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 mothers	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

"Mothers are overrated."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 overrated	punct
2	Mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 overrated	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 overrated	aux:pass
4	overrated	overrate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 overrated	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 overrated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overrate speech: other in a quote	present · passive		Mothers					vn overstate-37.12 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"Don't have a mother."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 mother	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have in a quote	imperative · do-support	you not said here	a mother					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Patient

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