Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly an…

By what means did Nana communicate the alarm to the parents at the party?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nana · What happens: mean, communicate · To what, where: alarm, parents, party

This is exam question 3 of lesson 316 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly and set off for Neverland» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 communicate	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 communicate	aux
5	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 communicate	nsubj
6	communicate	communicate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 alarm	det
8	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 communicate	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 parents	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 parents	det
11	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 communicate	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 party	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 party	det
14	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 communicate	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 communicate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	communicate	past · do-support	Nana	the alarm	the parents	the party			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent alarm=Topic to parent=Recipient

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

She ran in circles and flung her paws up to the ceiling of the nursery

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	in	in	ADP	_	4 circles	case
4	circles	circle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ran	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flung	cc
6	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 paws	nmod:poss
8	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 flung	obj
9	up	up	ADV	_	6 flung	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 ceiling	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ceiling	det
12	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flung	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 nursery	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 nursery	det
15	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ceiling	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	She			circles			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Trajectory
2	fling up	past	She not said here	her paws		the ceiling of the nursery			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent paw=Theme to ceiling=Destination

Option 2

She flung her paws up to heaven and barked until the parents came

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flung	nsubj
2	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 paws	nmod:poss
4	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flung	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	7 heaven	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 heaven	case
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flung	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 barked	cc
9	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flung	conj
10	until	until	ADP	_	12 parents	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 parents	det
12	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 barked	obl
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flung	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past	She	her paws		up heaven	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme
2	bark	past	She not said here		until the parents		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come	past	She not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She flung her paws up to heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flung	nsubj
2	flung	fling	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 paws	nmod:poss
4	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flung	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	7 heaven	case
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 heaven	case
7	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past	She	her paws				up heaven	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paw=Theme

Option 4

She raised her head and howled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 raised	nsubj
2	raised	raise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 raised	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 howled	cc
6	howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 raised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	past	She	her head					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	howl	past	She not said here						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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