Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake,…

By what means did the boys defeat the pursuing wolves?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boys · What happens: mean, do, defeat · To what, where: pursuing wolves

This is exam question 2 of lesson 320 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake, and Tootles shoots Wendy» 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=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boys	det
6	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 defeat	nsubj
7	defeat	defeat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wolves	det
9	pursuing	pursuing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wolves	compound
10	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 defeat	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past			tree rules
3	defeat	present	the boys	the pursuing wolves	tree rules

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

by throwing sticks at them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 throwing	mark
2	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 throwing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 them	case
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund		sticks				at sticks = stick	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent stick=Theme at they=Destination

Option 2

by standing back to back with their swords raised

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 standing	mark
2	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 standing	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 back	case
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 standing	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 swords	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 swords	nmod:poss
8	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 standing	obl
9	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 swords	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand back	gerund						to back; with their swords	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	raise	participle		their swords not said here					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

by hiding inside the chimney until the wolves tired and left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 hiding	mark
2	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 chimney	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 chimney	det
5	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hiding	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 tired	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wolves	det
8	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tired	nsubj
9	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 hiding	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 left	cc
11	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tired	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund				the chimney			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside chimney=Location
2	leave	participle							vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

by looking through their legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 looking	mark
2	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 legs	case
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 legs	nmod:poss
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund						through their legs	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through leg=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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