Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little hou…

What reason did Peter give for ceasing to strike Tootles with the arrow?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: give, cease, strike · To what, where: Tootles

This is exam question 3 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	5 give	obj
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj:outer
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 give	aux
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 ceasing	mark
7	ceasing	cease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 give	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 strike	mark
9	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ceasing	xcomp
10	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 strike	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 arrow	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 arrow	det
13	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 strike	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	reason			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	cease	gerund	reason not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	strike	to-infinitive	reason not said here	Tootles	with the arrow	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tootle=Patient with arrow=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

Something stayed his hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Something	his hand					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location

Option 2

Nibs called out to him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nibs	nib	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Nibs	acl
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 called	compound:prt
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	participle		Nibs not said here	him = he				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nibs grabbed his arm and held him back from striking Tootles again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nibs	nib	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grabbed	nsubj
2	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 arm	nmod:poss
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabbed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 held	cc
6	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 grabbed	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 held	obj
8	back	back	ADV	_	6 held	advmod
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 striking	mark
10	striking	strike	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 held	advcl
11	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 striking	obj
12	again	again	ADV	_	10 striking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	grab	past	Nibs	his arm		vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme
2	hold back	past	Nibs not said here	him = he		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	strike	gerund	Nibs not said here	Tootles	again	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tootle=Patient

Option 4

Something unseen and invisible held him back and stayed his hand from it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 held	nsubj
2	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Something	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 invisible	cc
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 unseen	conj
5	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 held	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 held	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stayed	cc
9	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 held	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hand	nmod:poss
11	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stayed	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold back	past	Something	him = he					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	stay	past	Something not said here	his hand		hand			vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hand=Location

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