Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

Which phrase best describes Mr. Darling's attitude toward the kennel as presented in the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: describe, present · To what, where: attitude, passage

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 phrase	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Darling	nmod:desc
6	Darling	Darling	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attitude	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Darling	case
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	11 kennel	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kennel	det
11	kennel	kennel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obl
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 presented	mark
13	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 describes	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 passage	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 passage	det
16	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 presented	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	Darling Mr.'s attitude				toward the kennel	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent attitude=Theme
2	present	participle	which phrase not said here			the passage			vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Penitent and steadfast, but secretly hoping the children never return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 steadfast	cc
3	steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Penitent	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 return	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 return	cc
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 hoping	advmod
7	hoping	hope	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 return	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hoping	obj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 return	advmod
11	return	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Penitent	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	gerund		the children				secretly property	tree rules
2	not return	present	Penitent not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Penitent and steadfast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penitent	penitent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 steadfast	cc
3	steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Penitent	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Ashamed at first, then happy to be the lion of the office again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 happy	advcl
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 first	case
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Ashamed	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 happy	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 happy	advmod
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	10 lion	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 lion	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 lion	det
10	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 happy	xcomp
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 office	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 office	det
13	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lion	nmod
14	again	again	ADV	_	10 lion	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	to-infinitive		the lion			again	of the office	tree rules

Option 4

Proud and careless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 careless	cc
3	careless	careless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Proud	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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