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title: To what does the narrator attribute Peter's refusal to compete in th… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what does the narrator attribute Peter's refusal to compete in the examination? Exam question 2 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 the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 14: Wendy's exam game…

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To what does the narrator attribute Peter's refusal to compete in the examination?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** do, compete, refuse · **To what, where:** examination

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e2:1
# text = To what does the narrator attribute Peter's refusal to compete in the examination?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	attribute	attribute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
7	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	compete	compete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **compete** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the examination |  |  | vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **refuse** |  | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication 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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his strong dislike of tests and of all teachers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e2:o1:1
# text = his strong dislike of tests and of all teachers
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dislike	dislike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	tests	test	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dislike** |  | his *= he* | tests and all teachers |  |  |  |  | nom dislike «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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

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his inability to write or spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e2:o2:1
# text = his inability to write or spell
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	inability	inability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spell** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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his refusal to write or spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e2:o3:1
# text = his refusal to write or spell
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **spell** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **refuse** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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his complete inability to write, read, or spell anything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e2:o4:1
# text = his complete inability to write, read, or spell anything
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	inability	inability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | to-infinitive | his complete inability |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **read** | infinitive | his complete inability *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **spell** | infinitive | his complete inability *not said here* | anything |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |

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