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title: With reference to the passage, what reason does Wendy give the boys… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy p… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, what reason does Wendy give the boys for their adoption? Exam question 3 of lesson 329 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter stays, pirates attack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter…

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With reference to the passage, what reason does Wendy give the boys for their adoption?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wendy, boys · **What happens:** give, adopt · **To what, where:** boys

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 329 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter stays, pirates attack» 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/329-pg16-part20/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e3:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what reason does Wendy give the boys for their adoption?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	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	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	iobj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	adoption	adoption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · do-support | Wendy |  | the boys |  |  | with reference; to the passage; for boys's adoption | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent boy=Theme to passage=Recipient for adoption=Asset |
| 2 | **adopt** |  | boys *= boy* |  |  |  |  |  | nom adoption «act 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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Her parents will adopt them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e3:o1:1
# text = Her parents will adopt them
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | future | Her parents | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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

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She feels sure her father and mother will adopt them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e3:o2:1
# text = She feels sure her father and mother will adopt them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | She |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **adopt** | future | her father and mother | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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She hopes her father and mother will feed them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e3:o3:1
# text = She hopes her father and mother will feed them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hopes	hope	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	feed	feed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **feed** | future | her father and mother | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She feels sure her aunt and uncle will adopt them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e3:o4:1
# text = She feels sure her aunt and uncle will adopt them
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | She |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **adopt** | future | her aunt and uncle | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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