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description: With reference to the text, what was the principal reason given by Wendy for not announcing the return at once? Exam question 2 of lesson 338 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come home, and Peter flies off alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come h…

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With reference to the text, what was the principal reason given by Wendy for not announcing the return at once?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** text · **What happens:** be, give, not announce · **To what, where:** principal reason, return

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 338 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, the ending: the lost children come home, and Peter flies off alone» 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/338-pg16-part29/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:338-pg16-part29:e2:1
# text = With reference to the text, what was the principal reason given by Wendy for not announcing the return at once?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	acl:relcl	_	_
12	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	announcing	announce	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the text | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  | the principal reason *not said here* |  |  |  | by Wendy | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **not** **announce** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the return |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent return=Theme |

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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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She wished to break the joyous news more gently and to plan a feast for the whole family first

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:338-pg16-part29:e2:o1:1
# text = She wished to break the joyous news more gently and to plan a feast for the whole family first
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	joyous	joyous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	plan	plan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
19	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the joyous news |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Patient |
| 3 | **plan** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a feast |  |  |  | for the whole family; first *property* | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feast=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She wished to break the joyous news more gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:338-pg16-part29:e2:o2:1
# text = She wished to break the joyous news more gently
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	joyous	joyous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the joyous news |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She wanted to prepare a warm welcome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:338-pg16-part29:e2:o3:1
# text = She wanted to prepare a warm welcome
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	welcome	welcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **prepare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a warm welcome |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welcome=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She wished to break the joyous news more gently, since their father was still asleep in the kennel

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:338-pg16-part29:e2:o4:1
# text = She wished to break the joyous news more gently, since their father was still asleep in the kennel
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	joyous	joyous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
14	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	kennel	kennel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **break** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the joyous news |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer news=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | past | their father |  |  | the kennel | still | asleep *property* | tree rules |

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