Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if h…

Which statement accurately describes why Wendy withdrew to the far end of the room?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Wendy · What happens: describe, withdraw · To what, where: far end

This is exam question 1 of lesson 328 «Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if he is only pretending to be their father, then groans at the story he hates» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 withdrew	advmod
6	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 withdrew	nsubj
7	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 describes	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 end	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
10	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 end	amod
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 withdrew	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 room	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 room	det
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 end	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement					accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	withdraw	past	Wendy				to the far end of the room		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to end=Initial_Location

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 was displeased that Peter described his feelings toward her as those of a devoted brother and tried to hide her hurt from everyone present.

The tree, 25 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	3 displeased	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	aux:pass
3	displeased	displease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 described	mark
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 described	nsubj
6	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feelings	nmod:poss
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 toward	nsubj
9	toward	towar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 described	ccomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 toward	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 those	case
12	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 toward	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 brother	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 brother	det
15	devoted	devoted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 brother	amod
16	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 those	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tried	cc
18	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 described	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 hide	mark
20	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 tried	xcomp
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 hide	obj
22	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 hide	xcomp
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 present	case
24	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	25 present	compound
25	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hurt	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 displeased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	displease	past · passive		She		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	describe	past	Peter			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	towar	past	Peter's feelings	her = she	as those	tree rules
4	try	past	Peter not said here			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	Peter not said here	her = she		tree rules
6	hurt	infinitive	Peter not said here		from everyone present	vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Patient from present=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She was displeased that Peter described his feelings toward her as those of a devoted son, and she sat at the far end to sulk in silence.

The tree, 27 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	3 displeased	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	aux:pass
3	displeased	displease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 described	mark
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 described	nsubj
6	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feelings	nmod:poss
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 toward	nsubj
9	toward	towar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 described	ccomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 toward	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 those	case
12	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 toward	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 son	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 son	det
15	devoted	devoted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 son	amod
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 those	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sat	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 sat	cc
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 sat	nsubj
20	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	parataxis
21	at	at	ADP	_	24 end	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 end	det
23	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 end	amod
24	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 sat	obl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 sulk	mark
26	sulk	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 sat	advcl
27	in	in	ADP	_	28 silence	case
28	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 sulk	obl
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 displeased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	displease	past · passive		She				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	describe	past	Peter					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	towar	past	Peter's feelings	her = she			as those	tree rules
4	sit	past	she			at the far end		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at end=Location
5	sulk	to-infinitive	she not said here		silence			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

She was angry that Tink had been listening in the hall.

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	3 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 angry	cop
3	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 listening	mark
5	Tink	Tink	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 listening	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 listening	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 listening	aux
8	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 angry	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 listening	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					angry property	tree rules
2	listen	past · perfect · progressive	Tink					in the hall	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in hall=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was displeased that Peter described his feelings toward her as those of a devoted son.

The tree, 16 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	3 displeased	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	aux:pass
3	displeased	displease	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 described	mark
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 described	nsubj
6	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 displeased	advcl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feelings	nmod:poss
8	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 toward	nsubj
9	toward	towar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 described	ccomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 toward	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	12 those	case
12	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	9 toward	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 son	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 son	det
15	devoted	devoted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 son	amod
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 those	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 displeased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	displease	past · passive		She		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	describe	past	Peter			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	towar	past	Peter's feelings	her = she	as those	tree rules

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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