Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture…
With what object was the captive Tiger Lily found when she attempted to board the pirate vessel?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Lily · What happens: be, find, attempt, board · To what, where: pirate vessel · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 1 of lesson 324 «Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture Tiger Lily and leave her on the rock, but Peter tricks them» 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.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 7 Tiger | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 object | det |
| 3 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Tiger | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 Tiger | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Tiger | det |
| 6 | captive | captive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Tiger | amod |
| 7 | Tiger | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 found | obl |
| 8 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 found | nsubj |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 attempted | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 attempted | nsubj |
| 12 | attempted | attempt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 board | mark |
| 14 | board | board | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 attempted | xcomp |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 vessel | det |
| 16 | pirate | pirate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 vessel | compound |
| 17 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 board | obj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | what object | with the captive Tiger | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | find | past | Lily | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | attempt | past | Lily | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | board not said to happen | to-infinitive | Lily not said here | the pirate vessel | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme vessel=Location |
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
A rope wrapped around her arm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 rope | det |
| 2 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 rope | acl |
| 4 | around | around | ADP | _ | 6 arm | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 arm | nmod:poss |
| 6 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrapped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wrap | participle | a rope not said here | her arm | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around arm=Destination |
Option 2
A bow slung across her back and two daggers hidden under her cloak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bow | det |
| 2 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | slung | sling | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 bow | acl |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 back | nmod:poss |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slung | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 daggers | cc |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 daggers | nummod |
| 9 | daggers | dagger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 back | conj |
| 10 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 daggers | acl |
| 11 | under | under | ADP | _ | 13 cloak | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cloak | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sling | participle | a bow not said here | her back and two daggers | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hide | participle | two daggers not said here | her cloak | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under cloak=Location |
Option 3
A long curved knife she had clenched tightly between her teeth while swimming toward the pirate ship
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 knife | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 knife | amod |
| 3 | curved | curve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 knife | amod |
| 4 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 clenched | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 clenched | aux |
| 7 | clenched | clench | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 knife | acl:relcl |
| 8 | tightly | tightly | ADV | _ | 7 clenched | advmod |
| 9 | between | between | ADP | _ | 11 teeth | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 11 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 tightly | obl |
| 12 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 swimming | mark |
| 13 | swimming | swim | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 clenched | advcl |
| 14 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 17 ship | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ship | det |
| 16 | pirate | pirate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 ship | compound |
| 17 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 swimming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curve | participle | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material | ||||||
| 2 | clench | past · perfect | she | a long curved knife not said here | tightly property | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient | |||
| 3 | swim | gerund | she not said here | the pirate ship | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward ship=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A knife carried between her teeth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 knife | det |
| 2 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 knife | acl |
| 4 | between | between | ADP | _ | 6 teeth | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 6 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | participle | a knife not said here | between her teeth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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