Test 5 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Never…

Ain't it wicked how the island was lookin' for 'em, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: island · What happens: lookin

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 317 «Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Neverland, and fear falls as night comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ai	ai	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wicked	nsubj
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 wicked	advmod
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wicked	nsubj
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 lookin	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lookin	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lookin	aux
9	lookin	lookin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 wicked	advcl
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	9 lookin	punct
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 'em	case
12	'em	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lookin	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wicked	punct
14	right	right	INTJ	_	4 wicked	discourse
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lookin	past · progressive	the island					for 'em = they	tree rules

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

the whole island had been searching for them all night long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 island	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 island	amod
3	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 searching	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 searching	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 searching	aux
6	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 searching	obl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 searching	obl:unmarked
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 searching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	search	past · perfect · progressive	the whole island				night	for them = they; long property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for they=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the island was looking for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looking	aux
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past · progressive	the island					for them = they	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme

Option 3

the stars were watching them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stars	det
2	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 watching	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 watching	aux
4	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 watching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past · progressive	the stars	them = they					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

the island was looking for them with arrows of light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 island	det
2	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looking	aux
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looking	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 arrows	case
8	arrows	arrow	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 looking	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 light	case
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arrows	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past · progressive	the island					for them = they; with arrows of light	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme

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