Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy: Peter returns, finds Wendy gro…

Which of the following most accurately describes the reason Wendy is unable to accompany Peter Pan on his return?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Wendy · What happens: follow, describe, be, accompany, return · To what, where: reason, Peter, return

This is exam question 1 of lesson 340 «Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy: Peter returns, finds Wendy grown up, and flies off with Jane instead» 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 unable	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 unable	cop
12	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 accompany	mark
14	accompany	accompany	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 unable	xcomp
15	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 accompany	obj
16	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Peter	flat
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 return	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 return	nmod:poss
19	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 accompany	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the reason		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	is	present	Wendy	the reason not said here		unable property	tree rules
4	accompany	to-infinitive	Wendy not said here	Peter	Wendy's return		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent peter=Theme on return=Destination
5	return		Wendy				nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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 has been injured by the fairy dust

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	4 injured	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 injured	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 injured	aux:pass
4	injured	injure	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 dust	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dust	det
7	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dust	amod
8	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 injured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	injure	present · perfect · passive	the fairy dust	She					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She has grown up and lost the capacity to fly

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	3 grown	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 grown	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 lost	cc
6	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 capacity	det
8	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fly	mark
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 capacity	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	grow up	present · perfect	She		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lose	past	She not said here	the capacity	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capacity=Eventuality
3	fly	to-infinitive	She not said here	the capacity not said here	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She has been forbidden by her mother

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	4 forbidden	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forbidden	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 forbidden	aux:pass
4	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 mother	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mother	nmod:poss
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forbidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forbid	present · perfect · passive	her mother	She					vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme

Option 4

She has become afraid of the dark

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	3 become	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 become	xcomp
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dark	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dark	det
7	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 afraid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present · perfect	She					afraid property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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