Test 6 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake,…

Ah man, what do the boys do to scare off wolves?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boys · What happens: be, do, scare off · To what, where: man, wolves

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 320 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake, and Tootles shoots Wendy» 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	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	2 man	discourse
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 what	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boys	det
7	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 man	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 scare	mark
10	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 do	advcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 scare	compound:prt
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 scare	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present		man	tree rules
2	do	present	the boys		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	scare off	to-infinitive	the boys not said here	wolves	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wolf=Experiencer

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 · ✓ the right answer

look through their legs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	4 legs	case
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 legs	nmod:poss
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					through their legs	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through leg=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

shout at them and wave their arms about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 them	case
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 shout	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wave	cc
5	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 shout	conj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arms	nmod:poss
7	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wave	obj
8	about	about	ADV	_	5 wave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here					at them = they	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	present	you not said here	their arms				about property	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient

Option 3

stand back to back and clap their hands fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 stand	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 back	case
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 stand	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 clap	cc
6	clap	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 stand	conj
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 clap	obj
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 clap	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand back	imperative	you not said here					to back	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	clap	present	you not said here	their hands				fast property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme

Option 4

beat the drums loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	beat	beat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 drums	det
3	drums	drum	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 beat	obj
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 beat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	imperative	you not said here	the drums				loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme

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