Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy: Peter returns, finds Wendy gro…

Which of the following most accurately describes the response of Peter Pan upon observing that Wendy has matured?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: response, Wendy · What happens: follow, describe, observe, mature · To what, where: response

This is exam question 2 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 response	det
9	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Peter	case
11	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 response	nmod
12	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Peter	flat
13	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	14 observing	mark
14	observing	observe	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 response	acl
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 matured	mark
16	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 matured	nsubj
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 matured	aux
18	matured	mature	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 observing	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	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		the response of Peter	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme
3	observe	gerund	the response of Peter not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	mature	present · perfect	Wendy			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He conceals himself behind the curtain

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 conceals	nsubj
2	conceals	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 conceals	obj
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 curtain	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 curtain	det
6	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceals	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	present	He	himself = he		the curtain			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient behind curtain=Location

Option 2

He departs immediately through the window

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 departs	nsubj
2	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	2 departs	advmod
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	present	He			the window		immediately property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through window=Initial_Location

Option 3

He embraces Wendy with great affection

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 embraces	nsubj
2	embraces	embrace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 embraces	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 affection	case
5	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 affection	amod
6	affection	affection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 embraces	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embrace	present	He	Wendy				with great affection	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wendy=Co-Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He weeps and sits upon the floor

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 weeps	nsubj
2	weeps	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sits	cc
4	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 weeps	conj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	present	He						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sit	present	He not said here			the floor			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon floor=Location

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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