Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly…

What was the principal reason the pirates discharged the cannon called Long Tom?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pirates · What happens: be, discharge, call · To what, where: principal reason, cannon · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pirates	det
7	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 discharged	nsubj
8	discharged	discharge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cannon	det
10	cannon	cannon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 discharged	obj
11	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 cannon	acl
12	Long	Long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 called	xcomp
13	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Long	flat
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason		tree rules
2	discharge	past	the pirates	the cannon		vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cannon=Theme
3	call	participle		the cannon not said here	long property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

To locate the children, whose light they had observed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 locate	mark
2	locate	locate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 locate	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 light	punct
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 light	nmod:poss
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 children	appos
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 observed	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 observed	aux
10	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 light	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	locate	to-infinitive		the children	tree rules
2	observe	past · perfect · passive	the children's light not said here	children = child	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
3	light		the children		nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

To celebrate the capture of Peter Pan's lost boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 celebrate	mark
2	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 capture	det
4	capture	capture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 celebrate	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 boys	case
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 boys	nmod:poss
7	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Peter	flat
8	's	's	PART	_	6 Peter	case
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 boys	amod
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 capture	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	celebrate	to-infinitive	the capture of Peter's lost boys	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capture=Theme
2	lose	participle		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	capture		Peter's lost boys	nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

To warn the lost boys of their coming attack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boys	det
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 boys	amod
5	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warn	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 attack	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 attack	nmod:poss
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 attack	amod
9	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boys	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		the lost boys of boys's coming attack	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
2	lose	participle			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	come	gerund			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	attack		boys = boy		nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To locate the children, whose light they had observed from the ship on the lagoon

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 locate	mark
2	locate	locate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 locate	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 observed	punct
6	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	7 light	nmod:poss
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	nsubj:pass
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 observed	nsubj:pass
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 observed	aux
10	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 children	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 ship	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ship	det
13	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 observed	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 lagoon	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 lagoon	det
16	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 locate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	locate	to-infinitive		the children		the lagoon			tree rules
2	observe	past · perfect · passive		light		the ship			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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