Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 23: Hook poisons Peter's medici…

State the condition under which Tinker Bell declares that children may save her from death.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Tinker, children · What happens: state, declare, save · To what, where: condition, Tinker, death

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 condition	det
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	under	under	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 declares	obl
6	Tinker	Tinker	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 declares	nsubj
7	Bell	Bell	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Tinker	flat
8	declares	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 condition	acl:relcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 save	mark
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 save	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 save	aux
12	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 declares	advcl
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 save	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 death	case
15	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 save	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the condition		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent condition=Topic
2	declare speech: other	present	Tinker		the condition	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
3	save	may	children	Tinker	death	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from death=Source

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

If the boys clap for her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	4 clap	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boys	det
3	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 clap	nsubj
4	clap	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 clap	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	present	the boys					for her = she	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

If children believe in fairies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 believe	mark
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 believe	nsubj
3	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 fairies	case
5	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 believe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	present	children					in fairies	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

When Peter wakes up soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	3 wakes	mark
2	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wakes	nsubj
3	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 wakes	compound:prt
5	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 wakes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	present	Peter					soon property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

When the dog barks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 barks	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dog	det
3	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barks	nsubj
4	barks	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	present	the dog						vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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