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title: Which statement accurately describes the manner in which the strange… — Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement accurately describes the manner in which the stranger enters the nursery? Exam question 3 of lesson 311 «Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hears about Peter, then a boy drops into the nursery.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hear…

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Which statement accurately describes the manner in which the stranger enters the nursery?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, stranger · **What happens:** describe, enter · **To what, where:** manner, nursery

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 311 «Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hears about Peter, then a boy drops into the nursery.» 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/311-pg16-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:e3:1
# text = Which statement accurately describes the manner in which the stranger enters the nursery?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	enters	enter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which statement | the manner |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **enter** | present | the stranger | the nursery |  | the manner |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme nursery=Destination |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He slips through the back door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = He slips through the back door
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slips	slip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | present | He |  |  | the back door |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He drops through the opened window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = He drops through the opened window
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | He |  |  | the opened window |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |
| 2 | **open** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He drops through the opened window and lands on the rug

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = He drops through the opened window and lands on the rug
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	opened	open	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	lands	land	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rug	rug	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | He |  |  | the opened window |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme through window=Trajectory |
| 2 | **open** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **land** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | the rug |  |  | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on rug=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He flies in through the chimney

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = He flies in through the chimney
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	flies	fly	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly in** | present | He |  |  | the chimney |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent through chimney=Location |

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