Test 2 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

Wot was the dad's big promise, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Wot, big promise · What happens: be, innit · To what, where: big promise

This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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	Wot	Wot	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 promise	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 promise	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dad	det
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 promise	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 dad	case
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 promise	amod
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 promise	acl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 promise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Wot	the dad's big promise					tree rules
2	innit	infinitive	the dad's big promise not said here						tree rules

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

Visit the office till they come home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Visit	visit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 office	det
3	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Visit	obj
4	till	till	SCONJ	_	6 come	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Visit	advcl
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	visit	imperative	you not said here	the office					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent office=Co-Agent
2	come	present	they					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Stay in the kennel till they come back and never go to the office again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 kennel	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kennel	det
4	kennel	kennel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 come	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 go	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 go	advmod
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 office	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 office	det
14	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl
15	again	again	ADV	_	11 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here	the kennel		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location
2	come back	present	they			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not go	infinitive	you not said here	the office	again	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to office=Initial_Location

Option 3

Walk round the block every day until the children are finally found by the police

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	round	round	ADP	_	4 block	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 block	det
4	block	block	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl:unmarked
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 found	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 children	det
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 found	nsubj:pass
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 found	aux:pass
11	finally	finally	ADV	_	12 found	advmod
12	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Walk	advcl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 police	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 police	det
15	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the block	day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round block=Trajectory
2	find	present · passive	the police	the children				finally property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Stay in the kennel till they come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 kennel	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kennel	det
4	kennel	kennel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 come	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 come	nsubj
7	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			the kennel			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kennel=Location
2	come back	present	they						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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