Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly…

Which child was instructed by Peter to fly with Tinker Bell in the hat?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peter · What happens: instruct, fly · To what, where: child, hat

This is exam question 1 of lesson 318 «Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly on in the dark while Tink lures Wendy away and the pirates fire Long Tom» 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 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 instructed	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 instructed	aux:pass
4	instructed	instruct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Peter	case
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 instructed	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fly	mark
8	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 instructed	xcomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 Bell	case
10	Tinker	Tinker	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Bell	compound
11	Bell	Bell	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fly	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hat	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hat	det
14	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fly	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 instructed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	instruct speech: other	past · passive	Peter	which child					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fly	to-infinitive	Peter not said here			the hat		with Tinker Bell	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hat=Location

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

Tootles, who was asked to hold the hat on the flight over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 asked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tootles	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 hold	mark
7	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hat	det
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hold	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 flight	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 flight	det
12	flight	flight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hold	obl
13	over	over	ADV	_	7 hold	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive		Tootles					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	hold not said to happen	to-infinitive	Tootles not said here	the hat		the flight		over property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hat=Theme on flight=Location

Option 2

John, who was asked to carry the hat containing the fairy and to follow Peter across the lagoon

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 asked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 John	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 carry	mark
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hat	det
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	obj
10	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 hat	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fairy	det
12	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 containing	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 follow	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 follow	mark
15	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 carry	conj
16	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 follow	obj
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 lagoon	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lagoon	det
19	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive		John		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	John not said here	the hat		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme
3	contain	gerund	the hat not said here	the fairy		vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fairy=Theme
4	follow	to-infinitive	John not said here	Peter	the lagoon	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent peter=Theme across lagoon=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

John, who was asked to carry the hat containing the fairy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 asked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 John	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 carry	mark
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hat	det
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	obj
10	containing	contain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 hat	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fairy	det
12	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 containing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive		John	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	carry not said to happen	to-infinitive	John not said here	the hat	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Theme
3	contain	gerund	the hat not said here	the fairy	vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fairy=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Wendy, who was asked to watch over the fairy in the hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 asked	punct
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 asked	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux:pass
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wendy	acl:relcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	xcomp
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 fairy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fairy	det
10	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watch	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 hat	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hat	det
13	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive		Wendy					vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	Wendy not said here			the hat		over the fairy	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over fairy=Location

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