Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is beaten, jumps to th…

Upon what grounds did Hook relinquish his weapon during the engagement?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grounds · What happens: relinquish · To what, where: weapon

This is exam question 1 of lesson 336 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is beaten, jumps to the crocodile, and the children sail for home» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 relinquish	obl
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 relinquish	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 relinquish	aux
5	Hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relinquish	compound
6	relinquish	relinquish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 weapon	nmod:poss
8	weapon	weapon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relinquish	obj
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 engagement	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 engagement	det
11	engagement	engagement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 relinquish	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 relinquish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relinquish	past · do-support	grounds	his weapon			during the engagement		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent weapon=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

Upon feeling a sudden pain in his arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	_	2 feeling	mark
2	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pain	det
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pain	amod
5	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeling	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 arm	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 arm	nmod:poss
8	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feeling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	gerund		a sudden pain		his arm			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pain=Theme in arm=Location

Option 2

Having looked down and observed the colour of his own blood on the deck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 observed	csubj
2	looked	look	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Having	xcomp
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 looked	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 observed	cc
5	observed	observe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 colour	det
7	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 blood	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 blood	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 blood	amod
11	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 colour	nmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 deck	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 deck	det
14	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 observed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	gerund				tree rules
2	look down	participle				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	observe	past	Having	the colour of his own blood	the deck	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent colour=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Having observed the colour of his own blood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 observed	aux
2	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 colour	det
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 observed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 blood	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 blood	nmod:poss
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 blood	amod
8	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 colour	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	gerund · perfect		the colour of his own blood					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent colour=Topic

Option 4

After noticing the sight of Peter's fairy dust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	After	after	SCONJ	_	2 noticing	mark
2	noticing	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sight	det
4	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 noticing	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 dust	case
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 dust	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Peter	case
8	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dust	amod
9	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sight	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	gerund		the sight of Peter's fairy dust					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus
2	sight			Peter's fairy dust					nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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