Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter…

With reference to the passage, what does Peter seize as the pirates attack the redskins?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Peter, pirates · What happens: seize, attack · To what, where: redskins

This is exam question 4 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	10 seize	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	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 seize	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 seize	obj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 seize	aux
9	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 seize	nsubj
10	seize	seize	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 attack	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pirates	det
13	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 attack	nsubj
14	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 seize	advcl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 redskins	det
16	redskins	redskin	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 attack	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 seize	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	present · do-support	Peter					with reference to the passage	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	attack	present	the pirates	the redskins					vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent redskin=Patient

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

He grabs his hanger, the one he used on Barbecue

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 grabs	nsubj
2	grabs	grab	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 hanger	nmod:poss
4	hanger	hanger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grabs	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hanger	appos
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Barbecue	case
11	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	He	his hanger					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hanger=Theme
2	use	past	he	the one not said here		Barbecue			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 2

He seizes his sword, the one he used on Barbecue, and charges at the pirates

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 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	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 sword	nmod:poss
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	appos
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Barbecue	case
11	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 charges	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 charges	cc
14	charges	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 seizes	conj
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 pirates	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pirates	det
17	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 charges	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	seize	present	He	his sword		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
2	use	past	he	the one not said here	Barbecue	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
3	charge	present	He not said here		the pirates	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pirate=Trajectory

Option 3

He seizes his bow, the one he used on Tootles

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 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	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 bow	nmod:poss
4	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bow	appos
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Tootles	case
11	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	present	He	his bow					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme
2	use	past	he	the one not said here		Tootles			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He seizes his sword, the one he used on Barbecue

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 seizes	nsubj
2	seizes	seize	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 sword	nmod:poss
4	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizes	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sword	appos
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 Barbecue	case
11	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	present	He	his sword					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme
2	use	past	he	the one not said here		Barbecue			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient

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