Test 2 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about…

Peter forgot Tinker Bell, innit? What did he say when Wendy asked?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peter, Wendy · What happens: forget, innit, say, ask · To what, where: Tinker Bell · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 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. 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

Sentence 1: Peter forgot Tinker Bell, innit?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Tinker	Tinker	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Bell	compound
4	Bell	Bell	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 innit	punct
6	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forgot	conj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 forgot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	Peter	Tinker Bell					tree rules
2	innit	infinitive	Peter 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.

Sentence 2: What did he say when Wendy asked?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 asked	advmod
6	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	advcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Peter						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past	Wendy						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He said, "Who is Tinker Bell, the fairy from the nursery?"

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Bell	punct
5	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 Bell	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Bell	cop
7	Tinker	Tinker	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Bell	compound
8	Bell	Bell	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 said	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fairy	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fairy	det
11	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Bell	appos
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 nursery	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 nursery	det
14	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fairy	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 Bell	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 Bell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	past	He						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present		Tinker Bell					tree rules

Option 2

He asked who she was, which was rude, really.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 asked	obj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rude	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rude	cop
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rude	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 rude	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rude	cop
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 who	acl:relcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 really	punct
11	really	really	ADV	_	2 asked	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent who=Recipient
2	is	past	she					rude property	tree rules

Option 3

Who's Tinker Bell, then?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 Bell	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Bell	cop
3	Tinker	Tinker	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Bell	compound
4	Bell	Bell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Bell	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 Bell	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Bell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Tinker Bell			then		tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"Who is Tinker Bell?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Bell	punct
2	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 Bell	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 Bell	cop
4	Tinker	Tinker	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Bell	compound
5	Bell	Bell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 Bell	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Bell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		Tinker Bell					tree rules

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