Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest,…

Which of the following accurately describes the reason the Never bird abandoned her nest?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bird · What happens: follow, describe, abandon · To what, where: nest

This is exam question 1 of lesson 327 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest, the boys' late bedtime, and Peter's return with nuts» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 reason	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 reason	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 reason	csubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bird	det
10	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 bird	advmod
11	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 abandoned	nsubj
12	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 nest	nmod:poss
14	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 abandoned	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	abandon	past	the bird	bird's nest		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme nest=Source

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

She abandoned it at once when the great hat was pulled from the tree by the pirates and carried off.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	nsubj
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 abandoned	obl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 pulled	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hat	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hat	amod
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pulled	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 pulled	aux:pass
11	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 abandoned	advcl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 tree	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tree	det
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pulled	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 pirates	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pirates	det
17	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pulled	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 carried	cc
19	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 abandoned	conj
20	off	off	ADP	_	19 carried	compound:prt
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 abandoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	abandon	past	She	it		vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme it=Source
2	pull	past · passive	the pirates	the great hat	the tree	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from tree=Initial_Location
3	carry off	past	She not said here			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She left because the children wanted to play nearby.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 wanted	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 children	det
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 left	advcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 play	mark
8	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wanted	xcomp
9	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	8 play	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	leave	past	She		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	want	past	the children		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	the children not said here	nearby property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She abandoned it because the hat proved such a great success.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	nsubj
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 proved	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hat	det
6	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proved	nsubj
7	proved	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 abandoned	advcl
8	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	11 success	det:predet
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 success	det
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 success	amod
11	success	success	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proved	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 abandoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	She	it					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme it=Source
2	prove	past	the hat	such great success					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent success=Theme

Option 4

She abandoned it after the hat floated proper well and the boys cheered loudly on the water.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	nsubj
2	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 abandoned	obj
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 floated	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hat	det
6	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 floated	nsubj
7	floated	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 abandoned	advcl
8	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 floated	advmod
9	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 floated	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cheered	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boys	det
12	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cheered	nsubj
13	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 abandoned	conj
14	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	13 cheered	advmod
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cheered	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 abandoned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	abandon	past	She	it			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme it=Source
2	float	past	the hat			properly, well property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cheer	past	the boys		the water	loudly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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