Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake,…

By what means was Wendy struck down in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, strike down · To what, where: Wendy, passage

This is exam question 3 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=Rel	6 struck	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 struck	aux:pass
5	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 struck	nsubj
6	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 struck	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 passage	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 passage	det
10	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 struck	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 struck	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
2	strike down	past · passive		Wendy		the passage			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument

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

an arrow fired by Tootles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrow	det
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 arrow	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Tootles	case
5	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fire	participle		a arrow not said here				by Tootles	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by tootle=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a heavy rock dropped by one of the lost boys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rock	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rock	amod
3	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rock	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 one	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 dropped	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 boys	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boys	det
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 boys	amod
10	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	participle		a heavy rock not said here				by one of the lost boys	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by one=Trajectory
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

a stone hurled by Nibs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 stone	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	hurled	hurl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 stone	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 Nibs	case
5	Nibs	nib	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hurled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	participle		a stone not said here				by Nibs	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by nib=Destination

Option 4

a poisoned crossbow bolt fired from the high trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bolt	det
2	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bolt	amod
3	crossbow	crossbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bolt	compound
4	bolt	bolt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	fired	fire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bolt	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 trees	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trees	det
8	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trees	amod
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	poison	participle							vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fire	participle		a poisoned crossbow bolt not said here		the high trees			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from tree=Initial_Location

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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