Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come h…

Which of the following best describes the state of mind of Mrs. Darling upon first perceiving her returned children?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mrs. Darling, state · What happens: follow, describe, perceive, return, mind · To what, where: state, children, Mrs. Darling

This is exam question 1 of lesson 338 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come home, and Peter flies off alone» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 state	det
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 returned	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 mind	case
10	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 Darling	case
12	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Darling	compound
13	Darling	darling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mind	nmod
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	16 perceiving	mark
15	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 perceiving	advmod
16	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 Darling	acl
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 perceiving	obj
18	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 describes	parataxis
19	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 returned	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	perceive	gerund	Mrs. Darling not said here	state	first property	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
4	return	past	the state of mind of Mrs. Darling	children		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme
5	mind			Mrs. Darling		nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

She thought it was just a passing dream

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dream	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dream	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 dream	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 dream	det
7	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 dream	amod
8	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pass	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	past	it	a passing dream	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She regarded them as a continuation of a dream she had been having since the children left

The tree, 17 words

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 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 continuation	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 continuation	det
6	continuation	continuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dream	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dream	det
9	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continuation	nmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 having	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 having	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 having	aux
13	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 dream	acl:relcl
14	since	since	ADP	_	16 children	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 children	det
16	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 regarded	obl
17	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 children	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	She	them = they	since the children	as a continuation of a dream	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent they=Theme as continuation=Value
2	have	past · perfect · progressive	she	a dream not said here			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient
3	leave	participle		the children not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	continue			a dream			nom continuation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She regarded them as a continuation of her dream

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 regarded	nsubj
2	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 regarded	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	6 continuation	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 continuation	det
6	continuation	continuation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 regarded	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dream	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dream	nmod:poss
9	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 continuation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	regard	past	She	them = they	as a continuation of her dream	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent they=Theme as continuation=Value
2	continue			her dream		nom continuation «act transitive»: of=patient
3	dream		her = she			nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She believed they were still asleep

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 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 asleep	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asleep	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 asleep	advmod
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 believed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	past	She						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	they				still	asleep property	tree rules

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