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title: What object, according to Peter, prevented the arrow from reaching W… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: What object, according to Peter, prevented the arrow from reaching Wendy's heart? Exam question 2 of lesson 321 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little house round Wendy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little hou…

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What object, according to Peter, prevented the arrow from reaching Wendy's heart?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object, arrow · **What happens:** object, accord, prevent, reach · **To what, where:** arrow, heart

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 321 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little house round Wendy» 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/321-pg16-part12/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e2:1
# text = What object, according to Peter, prevented the arrow from reaching Wendy's heart?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	prevented	prevent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	reaching	reach	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
13	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **object** *speech: other* |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **prevent** | past | object | the arrow |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer arrow=Theme |
| 4 | **reach** | gerund | the arrow *not said here* | Wendy's heart |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent heart=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 {#o1}

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Her locket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e2:o1:1
# text = Her locket
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	locket	locket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The little bead on her ribbon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e2:o2:1
# text = The little bead on her ribbon
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bead	bead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The kiss button on her chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e2:o3:1
# text = The kiss button on her chain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The brass button on her shirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e2:o4:1
# text = The brass button on her shirt
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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