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description: Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the spring cleaning season within the present episode? Exam question 4 of lesson 340 «Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy: Peter returns, finds Wendy grown up, and flies off with Jane instead» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy: Peter returns, finds Wendy gro…

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Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the spring cleaning season within the present episode?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe · **To what, where:** function

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 340 «Peter Pan, Peter and Wendy: Peter returns, finds Wendy grown up, and flies off with Jane instead» 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/340-pg16-part31/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:340-pg16-part31:e4:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately describes the function of the spring cleaning season within the present episode?
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	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
13	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	episode	episode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 function of the spring cleaning season within the present episode |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent function=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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It is the period in which Jane learns to fly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:340-pg16-part31:e4:o1:1
# text = It is the period in which Jane learns to fly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	Jane	Jane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	learns	learn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the period |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | present | Jane |  |  | the period |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **fly** | to-infinitive | Jane *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is the season in which the children are sent to bed early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:340-pg16-part31:e4:o2:1
# text = It is the season in which the children are sent to bed early
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
13	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the season |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | present · passive |  | the children |  |  | in the season | to bed; early *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in which=Destination |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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It is the time when Wendy repairs the nursery window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:340-pg16-part31:e4:o3:1
# text = It is the time when Wendy repairs the nursery window
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
6	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	repairs	repair	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the time |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **repair** | present | Wendy | the nursery window |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent window=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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It is the occasion on which Peter summons Wendy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:340-pg16-part31:e4:o4:1
# text = It is the occasion on which Peter summons Wendy
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	summons	summon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the occasion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **summon** | present | Peter |  | Wendy | the occasion |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wendy=Recipient |

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