Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come h…
With reference to the text, what was the principal reason given by Wendy for not announcing the return at once?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: text · What happens: be, give, not announce · To what, where: principal reason, return
This is exam question 2 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 | With | with | ADP | _ | 2 reference | case |
| 2 | reference | reference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 text | obl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 text | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 text | det |
| 5 | text | text | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 reason | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 reason | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 reason | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 reason | det |
| 10 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 reason | amod |
| 11 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 text | acl:relcl |
| 12 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 reason | acl |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 Wendy | case |
| 14 | Wendy | Wendy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 given | obl |
| 15 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 17 announcing | mark |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 announcing | advmod |
| 17 | announcing | announce | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 given | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 return | det |
| 19 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 announcing | obj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 once | case |
| 21 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 17 announcing | obl |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 text | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the text | the principal reason | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | the principal reason not said here | by Wendy | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not announce speech: other | gerund | the return | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=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
She wished to break the joyous news more gently and to plan a feast for the whole family first
The tree, 19 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 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 break | mark |
| 4 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 news | det |
| 6 | joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 news | amod |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 break | obj |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 gently | advmod |
| 9 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 4 break | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 plan | cc |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 plan | mark |
| 12 | plan | plan | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 break | conj |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 feast | det |
| 14 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 plan | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 family | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 family | det |
| 17 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 family | amod |
| 18 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 plan | obl |
| 19 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 plan | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | break not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | the joyous news | gently property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Patient | |||
| 3 | plan | to-infinitive | She not said here | a feast | for the whole family; first property | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She wished to break the joyous news more gently
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 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 break | mark |
| 4 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 news | det |
| 6 | joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 news | amod |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 break | obj |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 break | advmod |
| 9 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 4 break | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | break not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | the joyous news | gently property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Patient |
Option 3
She wanted to prepare a warm welcome
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 prepare | mark |
| 4 | prepare | prepare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 welcome | det |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 welcome | amod |
| 7 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prepare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | She | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | prepare not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | a warm welcome | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welcome=Patient |
Option 4
She wished to break the joyous news more gently, since their father was still asleep in the kennel
The tree, 18 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 wished | nsubj |
| 2 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 break | mark |
| 4 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wished | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 news | det |
| 6 | joyous | joyous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 news | amod |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 break | obj |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 gently | advmod |
| 9 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 4 break | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 asleep | punct |
| 11 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 16 asleep | mark |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 father | nmod:poss |
| 13 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 asleep | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 asleep | cop |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 16 asleep | advmod |
| 16 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wished | advcl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 kennel | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 kennel | det |
| 19 | kennel | kennel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 asleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wish | past | She | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | break not said to happen | to-infinitive | She not said here | the joyous news | gently property | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Patient | |||
| 3 | is | past | their father | the kennel | still | asleep property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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