Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Never…

By what means did the children first sight the magic shores of the island?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, do · To what, where: children · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 317 «Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Neverland, and fear falls as night comes» 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	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 did	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 sight	advmod
8	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shores	det
10	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shores	amod
11	shores	shore	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sight	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 island	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 island	det
14	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shores	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 means	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 clause=Topic
2	do	past		the children				sight the magic shores of the island obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality

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 island was drawing them towards it with golden arrows of light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drawing	aux
4	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drawing	obj
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drawing	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 arrows	case
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 arrows	amod
10	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drawing	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 light	case
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arrows	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past · progressive	the island	them = they		it		with golden arrows of light	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme towards it=Destination

Option 2

the golden arrows showed them the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 arrows	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 arrows	amod
3	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 showed	nsubj
4	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 showed	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 showed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	past	the golden arrows	them = they				the way obl:unmarked	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the island was drawing them towards it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drawing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 drawing	aux
4	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drawing	obj
6	towards	towards	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 drawing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past · progressive	the island	them = they		it			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme towards it=Destination

Option 4

the sun sent a million arrows that the island followed onward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	nsubj
3	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 million	det
5	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 arrows	nummod
6	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sent	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 followed	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 island	det
9	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 followed	nsubj
10	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 arrows	acl:relcl
11	onward	onward	ADV	_	3 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the sun	million arrows				onward property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme
2	follow	past	the island	million arrows					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

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