Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter…

With reference to the passage, what reason does Wendy give the boys for their adoption?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wendy, boys · What happens: give, adopt · To what, where: boys

This is exam question 3 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	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 give	nsubj
11	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boys	det
13	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 give	iobj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 adoption	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 adoption	nmod:poss
16	adoption	adoption	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 give	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	Wendy		the boys			with reference; to the passage; for boys's adoption	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to passage=Recipient for adoption=Asset
2	adopt		boys = boy						nom adoption «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

Her parents will adopt them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 adopt	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 adopt	aux
4	adopt	adopt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 adopt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	adopt	future	Her parents	them = they					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She feels sure her father and mother will adopt them

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	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	xcomp
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 adopt	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 mother	cc
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 father	conj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 adopt	aux
9	adopt	adopt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sure	ccomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 adopt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	She					sure property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	adopt	future	her father and mother	them = they					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She hopes her father and mother will feed them

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	2 hopes	nsubj
2	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feed	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 mother	cc
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 father	conj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 feed	aux
8	feed	feed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hopes	ccomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 feed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	present	She						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	feed	future	her father and mother	them = they					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 4

She feels sure her aunt and uncle will adopt them

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	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	xcomp
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 aunt	nmod:poss
5	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 adopt	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 uncle	cc
7	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 aunt	conj
8	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 adopt	aux
9	adopt	adopt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sure	ccomp
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 adopt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	She					sure property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	adopt	future	her aunt and uncle	them = they					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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