Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little hou…
What object, according to Peter, prevented the arrow from reaching Wendy's heart?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: object, arrow · What happens: object, accord, prevent, reach · To what, where: arrow, heart
This is exam question 2 of lesson 321 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little house round 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 object | nsubj |
| 2 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prevented | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Peter | punct |
| 4 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 Peter | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 according | fixed |
| 6 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 object | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 object | punct |
| 8 | prevented | prevent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 arrow | det |
| 10 | arrow | arrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prevented | obj |
| 11 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 12 reaching | mark |
| 12 | reaching | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 arrow | acl |
| 13 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 heart | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Wendy | case |
| 15 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reaching | obj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 prevented | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | object speech: other | tree rules | |||||||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | prevent | past | object | the arrow | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer arrow=Theme | ||||
| 4 | reach | gerund | the arrow not said here | Wendy's heart | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent heart=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
Her locket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 locket | nmod:poss |
| 2 | locket | locket | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The little bead on her ribbon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bead | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bead | amod |
| 3 | bead | bead | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 ribbon | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ribbon | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ribbon | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bead | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The kiss button on her chain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 button | det |
| 2 | kiss | kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 button | compound |
| 3 | button | button | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 chain | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 chain | nmod:poss |
| 6 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 button | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The brass button on her shirt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 button | det |
| 2 | brass | brass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 button | compound |
| 3 | button | button | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 shirt | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 shirt | nmod:poss |
| 6 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 button | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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