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title: To which occasion does the phrase "that fatal Friday" refer? — Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Da… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which occasion does the phrase "that fatal Friday" refer? Exam question 3 of lesson 312 «Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the shadow, and the parents blame themselves for that Friday» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the s…

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To which occasion does the phrase "that fatal Friday" refer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fatal Friday · **What happens:** do, refer · **To what, where:** phrase

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 312 «Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the shadow, and the parents blame themselves for that Friday» 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/312-pg16-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:e3:1
# text = To which occasion does the phrase "that fatal Friday" refer?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	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	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
9	fatal	fatal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	_
12	refer	refer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the phrase |  |  |  | to which occasion | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phrase=Eventuality |
| 2 | **refer** | infinitive | fatal Friday | the phrase |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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the evening on which Mrs. Darling accepted an invitation to dine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = the evening on which Mrs. Darling accepted an invitation to dine
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
5	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	dine	dine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | Mrs. | a invitation |  |  | evening |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme |
| 2 | **dine** | to-infinitive | Mrs. *not said here* | a invitation *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the evening on which Mrs. Darling accepted an invitation to dine with her husband's employer at number 27

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = the evening on which Mrs. Darling accepted an invitation to dine with her husband's employer at number 27
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
5	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
7	accepted	accept	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	dine	dine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
19	27	27	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | past | Mrs. | a invitation |  |  | evening |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme |
| 2 | **dine** | to-infinitive | Mrs. *not said here* | a invitation *not said here* |  | number |  | with Mrs.'s husband's employer | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the afternoon when Mr. Darling came home late from work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = the afternoon when Mr. Darling came home late from work
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the afternoon  Darling  Mr. |  |  | work |  | home, late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from work=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the day on which the children lost their shadows and Peter flew away into the night sky

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = the day on which the children lost their shadows and Peter flew away into the night sky
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	6	det	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	shadows	shadow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | which children | children's shadows |  |  | day |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shadow=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fly away** | past | Peter |  |  |  |  | into the night sky *result*; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result |
| 3 | **shadow** |  | children *= child* |  |  |  |  |  | nom shadow «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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