Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about…

What reason does the narrator give for the boys' loss of the power to fly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: give, fly

This is exam question 2 of lesson 339 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about Neverland» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj:outer
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 narrator	det
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 loss	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boys	det
9	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 loss	nmod:poss
10	'	's	PART	_	9 boys	case
11	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 power	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 power	det
14	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 loss	nmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 fly	mark
16	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 power	acl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	what reason					for the boys's loss of the power	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for loss=Asset
2	fly	to-infinitive	what reason not said here						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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

They ceased to believe in fairies and in their own power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ceased	nsubj
2	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 believe	mark
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceased	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 fairies	case
6	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 believe	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 power	cc
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 power	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 power	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 power	amod
11	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fairies	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	past	They						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	believe	to-infinitive	They not said here					in fairies and fairies's own power	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They ceased to believe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ceased	nsubj
2	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 believe	mark
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceased	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	past	They						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	believe	to-infinitive	They not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

They ceased to believe, and their mother forbade them from flying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ceased	nsubj
2	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 believe	mark
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceased	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 forbade	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forbade	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mother	nmod:poss
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 forbade	nsubj
9	forbade	forbid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ceased	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forbade	obj
11	from	from	SCONJ	_	12 flying	mark
12	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 forbade	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cease	past	They		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	believe	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	forbid	past	their mother	them = they	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme
4	fly	gerund	their mother not said here		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They ceased to believe, and then they forgot how to fly altogether

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ceased	nsubj
2	ceased	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 believe	mark
4	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ceased	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 forgot	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 forgot	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 forgot	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 forgot	nsubj
9	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ceased	conj
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 fly	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fly	mark
12	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 forgot	xcomp
13	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	12 fly	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	cease	past	They			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	believe	to-infinitive	They not said here			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
3	forget	past	they	then		tree rules
4	not fly	to-infinitive	they not said here		altogether property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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