Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter…

With reference to the passage, what reason does Peter give the lost boys for doubting their mothers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give, lose, doubt · To what, where: lost boys, mothers

This is exam question 1 of lesson 329 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter stays, pirates attack» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 does	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 does	obj
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 does	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 give	aux
10	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 does	nsubj
11	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 boys	det
13	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 boys	amod
14	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 give	iobj
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 doubting	mark
16	doubting	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 give	advcl
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mothers	nmod:poss
18	mothers	mother	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 doubting	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support		the lost boys	with reference; to the passage	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to passage=Recipient
2	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	doubt	gerund	boys's mothers			vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Theme

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 claims his mother forgot him and let another boy in

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 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 forgot	nsubj
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claims	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forgot	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 let	cc
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 claims	conj
9	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	10 boy	det
10	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	8 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	forget	past	his mother	him = he	tree rules
3	let in	infinitive	He not said here	another boy	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme

Option 2

He says his own mum locked him out and never came back

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mum	amod
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 locked	nsubj
6	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 locked	obj
8	out	out	ADP	_	6 locked	compound:prt
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 came	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 came	advmod
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 locked	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	11 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lock out	past	his own mum	him = he	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	not come back	past	his own mum not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He claims his own mother barred the window and forgot him, so grown-ups can't be trusted

The tree, 18 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 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mother	amod
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barred	nsubj
6	barred	bar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claims	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 window	det
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barred	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forgot	cc
10	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 barred	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 forgot	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 trusted	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	20 trusted	advmod
14	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 ups	amod
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 grown	punct
16	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 trusted	nsubj
17	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 trusted	aux
18	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 trusted	advmod
19	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 trusted	aux:pass
20	trusted	trust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 claims	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bar	past	his own mother	the window	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer window=Theme
3	forget	past	his own mother not said here	him = he	tree rules
4	grow	participle			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	not trust	can · passive		grown ups	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He claims his own mother barred the window and forgot him

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 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mother	amod
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barred	nsubj
6	barred	bar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 claims	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 window	det
8	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 barred	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 forgot	cc
10	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 barred	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 forgot	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	He		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bar	past	his own mother	the window	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer window=Theme
3	forget	past	his own mother not said here	him = he	tree rules

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