--- title: According to the passage, what is the principal reason Mrs. Darling… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 2… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the passage, what is the principal reason Mrs. Darling weeps while playing the piano? Exam question 3 of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/337-pg16-part28/e3/) [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 2…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/337-pg16-part28/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks… According to the passage, what is the principal reason Mrs. Darling weeps while playing the piano? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, According · **What happens:** accord, be, weep, play · **To what, where:** passage, principal reason, piano This is exam question 3 of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» 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/337-pg16-part28/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e3:1 # text = According to the passage, what is the principal reason Mrs. Darling weeps while playing the piano? 1 According accord VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 csubj _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 11 Mrs. Mrs. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ _ 12 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ _ 13 weeps weep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 while while SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 piano piano NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | to the passage and the principal reason *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to passage=Goal | | 2 | **is a** | present | the passage and the principal reason | the principal reason | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **weep** | present | According | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **play** | gerund | According *not said here* | the piano | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piano=Theme | 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} She is worried ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e3:o1:1 # text = She is worried 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 worried worried ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | She | | | | | worried *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She misses Wendy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e3:o2:1 # text = She misses Wendy 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 misses miss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | present | She | Wendy | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wendy=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} She misses Wendy and her husband who sits in the kennel outside ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e3:o3:1 # text = She misses Wendy and her husband who sits in the kennel outside 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 misses miss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sits sit VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 kennel kennel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 outside outside ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | present | She | Wendy | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wendy=Stimulus | | 2 | **sit** | present | Wendy's husband | | | the kennel | | outside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kennel=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} She misses Michael ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e3:o4:1 # text = She misses Michael 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 misses miss VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **miss** | present | She | Michael | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer michael=Stimulus | **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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