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title: Which phrase best describes Mr. Darling's attitude toward the kennel… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best describes Mr. Darling's attitude toward the kennel as presented in the passage? Exam question 4 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 and
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# Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

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Which phrase best describes Mr. Darling's attitude toward the kennel as presented in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe, present · **To what, where:** attitude, passage

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e4:1
# text = Which phrase best describes Mr. Darling's attitude toward the kennel as presented in the passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:desc	_	_
6	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	attitude	attitude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | Darling  Mr.'s attitude |  |  |  | toward the kennel | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent attitude=Theme |
| 2 | **present** | participle | which phrase *not said here* |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Penitent and steadfast, but secretly hoping the children never return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e4:o1:1
# text = Penitent and steadfast, but secretly hoping the children never return
1	Penitent	penitent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	hoping	hope	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	return	return	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | gerund |  | the children |  |  |  | secretly *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **return** | present | Penitent *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Penitent and steadfast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e4:o2:1
# text = Penitent and steadfast
1	Penitent	penitent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ashamed at first, then happy to be the lion of the office again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e4:o3:1
# text = Ashamed at first, then happy to be the lion of the office again
1	Ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	lion	lion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	again	again	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | the lion |  |  | again | of the office | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Proud and careless

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:e4:o4:1
# text = Proud and careless
1	Proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	careless	careless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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