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title: In the text, why did the children fail to fly when they first tried… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the chil… · tree and pragmatics
description: In the text, why did the children fail to fly when they first tried without assistance? Exam question 1 of lesson 316 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly and set off for Neverland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly an…

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In the text, why did the children fail to fly when they first tried without assistance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** children · **What happens:** fail, not fly, try · **To what, where:** text

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 316 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 7: the children learn to fly and set off for Neverland» 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/316-pg16-part7/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e1:1
# text = In the text, why did the children fail to fly when they first tried without assistance?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fail	fail	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
13	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	15	advmod	_	_
15	tried	try	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	without	without	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	assistance	assistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** | past · do-support | the children |  |  | the text |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **fly** | to-infinitive | the children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **try** | past | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | without assistance; first *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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they had not learned how to try

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e1:o1:1
# text = they had not learned how to try
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **learn** | past · perfect | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **try** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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because no fairy dust had been blown upon them and their thoughts were not happy enough

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e1:o2:1
# text = because no fairy dust had been blown upon them and their thoughts were not happy enough
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	advcl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
16	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past · perfect · passive |  | no fairy dust |  |  |  | upon them *= they* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | enough, happy *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** |  | their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they were too heavy for the air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e1:o3:1
# text = they were too heavy for the air
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | for the air; heavy *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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because no fairy dust had been blown upon them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:316-pg16-part7:e1:o4:1
# text = because no fairy dust had been blown upon them
1	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
3	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past · perfect · passive |  | no fairy dust |  |  |  | upon them *= they* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

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