Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest,…

Which of the following accurately describes the reason the children requested that Peter dance?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: children · What happens: follow, describe, request · To what, where: reason, Peter dance

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
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	6 describes	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 children	det
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 requested	nsubj
11	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 dance	mark
13	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 dance	compound
14	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 requested	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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		the reason	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	request	past	the children	Peter dance		vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent dance=Recipient

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

They requested it because Wendy had already given them permission to play.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requested	nsubj
2	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requested	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 given	mark
5	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 given	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 given	aux
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 given	advmod
8	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 requested	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 given	obj
10	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 given	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 play	mark
12	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 permission	acl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 requested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	request	past	They	it	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
2	give	past · perfect · passive		Wendy	tree rules
3	play	to-infinitive			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They wanted a dance.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dance	det
4	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	a dance					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dance=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They proposed it because it was, as they claimed, a Saturday night.

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proposed	nsubj
2	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proposed	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 was	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 was	nsubj
6	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 proposed	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 claimed	punct
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 claimed	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 claimed	nsubj
10	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 proposed	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 night	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 night	det
13	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 night	compound
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 claimed	obl:unmarked
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 proposed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	propose	past	They	it		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	be	past	it			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	claim speech: other	past	they		night	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They asked it because the bell had rung for supper early.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	obj
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 rung	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bell	det
6	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rung	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 rung	aux
8	rung	ring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 asked	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 supper	case
10	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rung	obl
11	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 rung	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	They		it				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic
2	ring	past · perfect · passive		the bell				for supper; early property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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