--- title: Which of the following describes the manner in which Peter effected… — Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabb… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following describes the manner in which Peter effected his escape from the garden? Exam question 1 of lesson 273 «Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden and only just escapes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/273-pg14838-part1/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabb…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/273-pg14838-part1/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sn… Which of the following describes the manner in which Peter effected his escape from the garden? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** follow, describe, affect, escape · **To what, where:** manner, escape This is exam question 1 of lesson 273 «Beatrix Potter, The Tale of Peter Rabbit: naughty Peter sneaks into Mr. McGregor's garden and only just escapes» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/273-pg14838-part1/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:e1:1 # text = Which of the following describes the manner in which Peter effected his escape from the garden? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 10 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 effected affect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **describe** | present | | the manner | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 3 | **affect** | past | Peter | Peter's escape | | the manner | | from the garden | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus escape=Experiencer | | 4 | **escape** | | Peter | | | | | | nom escape «act 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He climbed over the wall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:e1:o1:1 # text = He climbed over the wall 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 climbed climb VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 over over ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | past | He | | | the wall | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over wall=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} He ran through the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:e1:o2:1 # text = He ran through the door 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | He | | | the door | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through door=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He crept under the gate while Mr. McGregor was raking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:e1:o3:1 # text = He crept under the gate while Mr. McGregor was raking 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 crept creep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 McGregor McGregor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 raking rake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **creep** | past | He | | | the gate | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under gate=Trajectory | | 2 | **rake** | past · progressive | McGregor Mr. | | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He slipped beneath the gate while Mr. McGregor was hoeing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:273-pg14838-part1:e1:o4:1 # text = He slipped beneath the gate while Mr. McGregor was hoeing 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 slipped slip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 beneath beneath ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 while while SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 McGregor McGregor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 hoeing hoe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slip** | past | He | | | | | beneath the gate | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **hoe** | past · progressive | McGregor Mr. | | | | | | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent | **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. 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