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title: Which of the following accurately describes the reason the children… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Nev… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the reason the children requested that Peter dance? Exam question 4 of lesson 327 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest, the boys' late bedtime, and Peter's return with nuts» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest,…

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Which of the following accurately describes the reason the children requested that Peter dance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** children · **What happens:** follow, describe, request · **To what, where:** reason, Peter dance

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 327 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 18: the Never bird's new nest, the boys' late bedtime, and Peter's return with nuts» 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/327-pg16-part18/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:327-pg16-part18:e4:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the reason the children requested that Peter dance?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the reason |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **request** | past | the children | Peter dance |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent dance=Recipient |

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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 requested it because Wendy had already given them permission to play.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:327-pg16-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = They requested it because Wendy had already given them permission to play.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requested	request	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	already	already	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | past | They | it |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |
| 2 | **give** | past · perfect · passive |  | Wendy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **play** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They wanted a dance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:327-pg16-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = They wanted a dance.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | They | a dance |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot dance=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They proposed it because it was, as they claimed, a Saturday night.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:327-pg16-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = They proposed it because it was, as they claimed, a Saturday night.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proposed	propose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	claimed	claim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Saturday	Saturday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | past | They | it |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **claim** *speech: other* | past | they |  |  |  | night |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They asked it because the bell had rung for supper early.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:327-pg16-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = They asked it because the bell had rung for supper early.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	rung	ring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
11	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | They |  | it |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent it=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **ring** | past · perfect · passive |  | the bell |  |  |  | for supper; early *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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