--- title: Which adventure was selected by the narrator, and by what means was… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Which adventure was selected by the narrator, and by what means was the selection made? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/323-pg16-part14/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/323-pg16-part14/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 14: Wendy's exam game… Which adventure was selected by the narrator, and by what means was the selection made? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator · **What happens:** select, mean, be, make · **To what, where:** adventure, selection This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e4:1 # text = Which adventure was selected by the narrator, and by what means was the selection made? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 adventure adventure NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 selected select VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 narrator narrator NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 12 nsubj _ _ 12 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 selection selection NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | past · passive | the narrator | which adventure | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the selection | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | participle | | the selection *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | 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} the lagoon, selected by Peter's own decision after thinking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e4:o1:1 # text = the lagoon, selected by Peter's own decision after thinking 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lagoon lagoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 selected select VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | participle | | the lagoon *not said here* | | | | by Peter's own decision | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **decide** | | Peter | | | | | | nom decision «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the lagoon, by a toss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e4:o2:1 # text = the lagoon, by a toss 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lagoon lagoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 toss toss NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the lagoon, chosen by the boys in a fair toss ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e4:o3:1 # text = the lagoon, chosen by the boys in a fair toss 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lagoon lagoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl:agent _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 toss toss NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **choose** | participle | | the lagoon *not said here* | | a fair toss | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} the ship, by vote ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:323-pg16-part14:e4:o4:1 # text = the ship, by vote 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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