Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if h…

Which of the following correctly states the means by which the children were said to have left their home in Wendy's story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: the · What happens: follow, state, mean, say, leave · To what, where: children, home, story · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 states	nsubj
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 states	advmod
6	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 states	ccomp
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 said	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 children	det
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 said	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 said	aux:pass
14	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	ccomp
15	to	to	PART	_	17 left	mark
16	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 left	aux
17	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 said	xcomp
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 home	nmod:poss
19	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 story	case
21	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 story	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Wendy	case
23	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 left	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present				correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	say speech: assert	past · passive		the children			tree rules
5	leave	to-infinitive · perfect		children's home	Wendy's story		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent home=Theme in story=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They flew away to the Neverland after Mr. Darling chained Nana in the yard.

The tree, 14 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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Neverland	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Neverland	det
6	Neverland	Neverland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 chained	mark
8	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Darling	nmod:desc
9	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 chained	nsubj
10	chained	chain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	advcl
11	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 chained	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 yard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yard	det
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chained	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	past	They					to the Neverland result; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to neverland=Result
2	chain	past	Darling Mr.	Nana				in the yard	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nana=Patient

Option 2

They flew to the Neverland after Nana was taken to the yard.

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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 Neverland	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Neverland	det
5	Neverland	Neverland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 taken	mark
7	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 taken	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 taken	aux:pass
9	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 flew	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 yard	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 yard	det
12	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 taken	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	They					to the Neverland result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to neverland=Result
2	take	past · passive		Nana				to the yard	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to yard=Destination

Option 3

They flew away to the Neverland after Mr. Darling chained Nana in the yard and Wendy cried for a long time.

The tree, 21 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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Neverland	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Neverland	det
6	Neverland	Neverland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 flew	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 chained	mark
8	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Darling	nmod:desc
9	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 chained	nsubj
10	chained	chain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	advcl
11	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 chained	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 yard	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 yard	det
14	yard	yard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chained	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cried	cc
16	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 cried	nsubj
17	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 flew	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	21 time	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 time	det
20	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cried	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	past	They			to the Neverland result; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to neverland=Result
2	chain	past	Darling Mr.	Nana		in the yard	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nana=Patient
3	cry speech: express	past	Wendy		time		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They sailed away to the Neverland after Mrs. Darling fed Nana.

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 sailed	nsubj
2	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 sailed	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 Neverland	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Neverland	det
6	Neverland	Neverland	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sailed	obl
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 fed	mark
8	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Darling	compound
9	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fed	nsubj
10	fed	feed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sailed	advcl
11	Nana	Nana	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fed	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sailed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sail away	past	They			the Neverland		away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to neverland=Trajectory
2	feed	past	Mrs. Darling		Nana				vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nana=Recipient

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