Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy: Peter returns, finds Wendy gro…

Which of the following most accurately describes the ultimate fate of the character Jane at the conclusion of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, fate, conclude · To what, where: ultimate fate, character, narrative

This is exam question 3 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	10 fate	det
9	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fate	amod
10	fate	fate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 character	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 character	det
13	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fate	nmod
14	Jane	Jane	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 character	appos
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 conclusion	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 conclusion	det
17	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 character	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 narrative	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 narrative	det
20	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 conclusion	nmod
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the ultimate fate of the character at the conclusion of the narrative	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent fate=Theme
3	fate		the character at the conclusion of the narrative		nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient
4	conclude		the narrative		nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=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

She remains in the nursery with Wendy

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 remains	nsubj
2	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 nursery	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 nursery	det
5	nursery	nursery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remains	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 Wendy	case
7	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 nursery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	She			the nursery with Wendy			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nursery=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She departs with Peter Pan into the sky

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 departs	nsubj
2	departs	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Peter	case
4	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 departs	obl
5	Pan	Pan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Peter	flat
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 sky	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sky	det
8	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 departs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	present	She			the sky		with Peter	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into sky=Initial_Location

Option 3

She is returned safely to her parents

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 returned	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 returned	aux:pass
3	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	safely	safely	ADV	_	3 returned	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 parents	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	present · passive		She	her parents			safely property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to parent=Destination

Option 4

She becomes a fairy in the Neverland

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 becomes	nsubj
2	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 fairy	det
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 becomes	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 Neverland	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Neverland	det
7	Neverland	Neverland	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 fairy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	She	a fairy in the Neverland					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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