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title: With reference to the passage, by what means did Wendy attempt to fi… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, by what means did Wendy attempt to fix the old life in the boys' minds? Exam question 1 of lesson 323 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 14: Wendy's exam game, Peter's pretend idleness, and the toss for the lagoon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 14: Wendy's exam game…

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With reference to the passage, by what means did Wendy attempt to fix the old life in the boys' minds?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wendy, boys · **What happens:** mean, attempt, fix, mind · **To what, where:** old life, minds · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 323 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 14: Wendy's exam game, Peter's pretend idleness, and the toss for the lagoon» 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/323-pg16-part14/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e1:1
# text = With reference to the passage, by what means did Wendy attempt to fix the old life in the boys' minds?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	'	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	minds	mind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **attempt** | past · do-support | Wendy |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **fix** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Wendy *not said here* | the old life |  | the boys's minds |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent life=Patient |
| 4 | **mind** |  | the boys |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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long written tests on every detail of home life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e1:o1:1
# text = long written tests on every detail of home life
1	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
2	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	detail	detail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **detail** |  |  | home life |  |  |  |  | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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examination papers on home life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e1:o2:1
# text = examination papers on home life
1	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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examination papers on home life and their parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e1:o3:1
# text = examination papers on home life and their parents
1	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	papers	paper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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questions about their home life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e1:o4:1
# text = questions about their home life
1	questions	question	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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