Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 23: Hook poisons Peter's medici…

Describe the manner in which Tinker Bell consumes the poisoned liquid in order to preserve Peter's life.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Tinker · What happens: describe, consume, poison, preserve · To what, where: manner, poisoned liquid, life

This is exam question 2 of lesson 332 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 23: Hook poisons Peter's medicine, and Tink drinks it to save him» 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 consumes	obl
6	Tinker	Tinker	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 consumes	nsubj
7	Bell	Bell	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Tinker	flat
8	consumes	consume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 manner	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 liquid	det
10	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 liquid	amod
11	liquid	liquid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 consumes	obj
12	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	15 preserve	mark
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 in	fixed
14	to	to	PART	_	15 preserve	mark
15	preserve	preserve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 consumes	advcl
16	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 life	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Peter	case
18	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 preserve	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	consume	present	Tinker	the poisoned liquid	the manner	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liquid=Asset
3	poison	participle				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	preserve	to-infinitive	Tinker not said here	Peter's life		vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Beneficiary

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

She pours it on the ground

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 pours	nsubj
2	pours	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pours	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pours	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	present	She	it		the ground			vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She drains the cup to the dregs

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 drains	nsubj
2	drains	drain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cup	det
4	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drains	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 dregs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dregs	det
7	dregs	dreg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drains	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drain	present	She	the cup		the dregs			vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination»: agent=Agent cup=Theme to dreg=Destination

Option 3

She throws it to the floor

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 throws	nsubj
2	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 throws	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 floor	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 floor	det
6	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throws	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	She	it		the floor			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme to floor=Destination

Option 4

She sips a little

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 sips	nsubj
2	sips	sip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 little	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sips	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sip	present	She	a little					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent little=Patient

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