Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest,…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Tootles conducted himself during the discussion of the family roles?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tootles · What happens: follow, describe, conduct, discuss · To what, where: manner, himself, family roles

This is exam question 3 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	6 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 describes	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 conducted	obl
11	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 conducted	nsubj
12	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 conducted	obj
14	during	during	ADP	_	16 discussion	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 discussion	det
16	discussion	discussion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 conducted	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	20 roles	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 roles	det
19	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 roles	compound
20	roles	role	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 discussion	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	conduct	past	Tootles	himself = he	the manner	during the discussion of the family roles		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Theme in which=Destination
4	discuss			the family roles				nom discussion «communication transitive»: of=patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

He asked for a turn to be father and was refused.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 turn	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 turn	det
5	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	8 father	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 father	cop
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 refused	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 refused	aux:pass
11	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 asked	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He		for a turn	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	to-infinitive	He not said here	father		tree rules
3	refuse	past · passive	He not said here			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He persisted in making humble requests and then stopped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 persisted	nsubj
2	persisted	persist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	SCONJ	_	4 making	mark
4	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 persisted	advcl
5	humble	humble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 requests	amod
6	requests	request	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 making	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 stopped	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 stopped	advmod
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 persisted	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 persisted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	persist	past	He			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	gerund	He not said here	humble requests		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset request=Product
3	stop	past	He not said here		then	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

He argued loudly and then gave up without a fight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 argued	nsubj
2	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 argued	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 gave	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 gave	advmod
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 argued	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 gave	compound:prt
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 fight	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 fight	det
10	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gave	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 argued	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	He					loudly property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give up	past	He not said here				then	without a fight	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He sulked and said nothing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sulked	nsubj
2	sulked	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 said	cc
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sulked	conj
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 said	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sulked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sulk	past	He						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here	nothing					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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