Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

According to the passage, what is the principal reason Mrs. Darling weeps while playing the piano?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, According · What happens: accord, be, weep, play · To what, where: passage, principal reason, piano

This is exam question 3 of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» 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	According	accord	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 weeps	csubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 passage	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 According	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 reason	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
11	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 reason	appos
12	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Mrs.	flat
13	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 playing	mark
15	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 weeps	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 piano	det
17	piano	piano	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 playing	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 weeps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund			to the passage and the principal reason goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to passage=Goal
2	is a	present	the passage and the principal reason	the principal reason		tree rules
3	weep	present	According			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	play	gerund	According not said here	the piano		vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=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

She is worried

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	3 worried	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 worried	cop
3	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					worried property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She misses Wendy

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 misses	nsubj
2	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 misses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present	She	Wendy					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wendy=Stimulus

Option 3

She misses Wendy and her husband who sits in the kennel outside

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 misses	nsubj
2	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 misses	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sits	cc
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 husband	nmod:poss
6	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sits	nsubj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sits	nsubj
8	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 misses	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 kennel	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kennel	det
11	kennel	kennel	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sits	obl
12	outside	outside	ADV	_	8 sits	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present	She	Wendy					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wendy=Stimulus
2	sit	present	Wendy's husband			the kennel		outside property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kennel=Location

Option 4

She misses Michael

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 misses	nsubj
2	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Michael	Michael	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 misses	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	present	She	Michael					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer michael=Stimulus

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