Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly…

Describe the manner in which the lost boys were distinguished from one another on their nightly patrol.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, lose, distinguish · To what, where: manner, lost boys

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 distinguished	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 boys	det
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 boys	amod
8	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 distinguished	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 distinguished	aux:pass
10	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 one	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 distinguished	obl
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 one	fixed
14	on	on	ADP	_	17 patrol	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 patrol	nmod:poss
16	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 patrol	amod
17	patrol	patrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 distinguished	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	distinguish	past · passive		the lost boys	the manner	from one; on boys's nightly patrol	vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.co-theme»: subject=Theme from one=Co-Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Each boy was individually characterised by his disposition, appearance and conduct

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterised	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 characterised	aux:pass
4	individually	individually	ADV	_	5 characterised	advmod
5	characterised	characteris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 disposition	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 disposition	nmod:poss
8	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterised	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 appearance	punct
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disposition	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 conduct	cc
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disposition	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	past · passive	boy's disposition and appearance and conduct	each boy				individually property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They were told apart mostly by the sounds they made while walking in the forest at night

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj:pass
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	apart	apart	ADV	_	3 told	advmod
5	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	3 told	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 sounds	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sounds	det
8	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	obl
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 made	nsubj
10	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sounds	acl:relcl
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 walking	mark
12	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 made	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 forest	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 forest	det
15	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walking	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 night	case
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell apart speech: assert	past · passive	the sounds	They			apart, mostly property	vn distinguish-23.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	make	past	sounds = sound	the sounds not said here				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product
3	walk	gerund	sounds = sound not said here		the forest	night		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in forest=Trajectory

Option 3

Each boy had a different job, a different name, and a different place on the patrol

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 job	det
5	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 job	amod
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 name	punct
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 name	det
9	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 name	amod
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 job	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 place	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 place	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 place	det
14	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 place	amod
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obl
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 patrol	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 patrol	det
18	patrol	patrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	each boy	a different job and a different name				a different place on the patrol obl	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient

Option 4

Each boy was individually characterised by his disposition, appearance and conduct, as well as by his place in the nightly patrol and his friends

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterised	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 characterised	aux:pass
4	individually	individually	ADV	_	5 characterised	advmod
5	characterised	characteris	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 disposition	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 disposition	nmod:poss
8	disposition	disposition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterised	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 appearance	punct
10	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disposition	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 conduct	cc
12	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disposition	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 place	punct
14	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	19 place	cc
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 as	fixed
16	as	as	ADP	_	14 as	fixed
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 place	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 place	nmod:poss
19	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 disposition	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 patrol	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 patrol	det
22	nightly	nightly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 patrol	amod
23	patrol	patrol	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 place	nmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 friends	cc
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 friends	nmod:poss
26	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 disposition	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	past · passive	boy's disposition and appearance and conduct as boy's place in the nightly patrol and boy's friends	each boy				individually property	tree rules

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