Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if h…

Which account correctly identifies the reason Peter gave for doubting that he was the children's father?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: account, Peter · What happens: identify, give, doubt, be · To what, where: reason, father

This is exam question 2 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 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 identifies	advmod
4	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 reason	det
6	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 identifies	obj
7	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gave	nsubj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reason	acl:relcl
9	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 doubting	mark
10	doubting	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 gave	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 father	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 father	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 father	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 children	det
15	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 father	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 children	case
17	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 doubting	advcl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	present	which account	the reason	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	give	past	Peter	the reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	doubt	gerund	Peter not said here			vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	Peter	the children's father		tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

He believed that being their real father would make him seem too old.

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 make	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 their	cop
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 father	amod
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 make	aux
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 old	advmod
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seem	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	is a	gerund		their = they		tree rules
3	make	would	their real father	him = he		tree rules
4	seem	infinitive	him = he not said here		old property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He felt that being their true father would make him look too small.

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 make	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 father	cop
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
6	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 father	amod
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	csubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 make	aux
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 felt	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 small	advmod
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 look	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 felt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He			vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	is a	gerund		their true father		tree rules
3	make	would	He not said here	him = he		tree rules
4	look	infinitive	him = he not said here		small property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

He believed that being their real father would make him seem too young.

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 make	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 their	cop
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 father	amod
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 make	aux
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 young	advmod
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seem	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	is a	gerund		their = they		tree rules
3	make	would	their real father	him = he		tree rules
4	seem	infinitive	him = he not said here		young property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He believed that being their real father would make him seem too young to lead.

The tree, 15 words

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 make	mark
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 their	cop
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 father	amod
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	nsubj
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 make	aux
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 make	obj
11	seem	seem	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 make	xcomp
12	too	too	ADV	_	13 young	advmod
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 seem	xcomp
14	to	to	PART	_	15 lead	mark
15	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 young	xcomp
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 believed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	believe	past	He			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	is a	gerund		their = they		tree rules
3	make	would	their real father	him = he		tree rules
4	seem	infinitive	him = he not said here		young property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
5	lead	to-infinitive	him = he not said here			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition

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