Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture…

By what means did Tiger Lily finally escape the pirates' custody?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: mean, escape · To what, where: custody

This is exam question 4 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	By	by	SCONJ	_	3 means	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 escape	advcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 escape	aux
5	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Lily	compound
6	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 escape	advmod
8	escape	escape	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pirates	det
10	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 custody	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 pirates	case
12	custody	custody	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 escape	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 escape	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	escape	past · do-support		the pirates's custody				finally property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme custody=Initial_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

She ran off the deck quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 deck	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 deck	det
5	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	She	the deck				quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme deck=Trajectory

Option 2

She bit through her ropes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 ropes	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 ropes	nmod:poss
5	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	She			her ropes			vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent through rope=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She slid like an eel into the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 slid	nsubj
2	slid	slide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 eel	case
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 eel	det
5	eel	eel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slid	obl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 slid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slide	past	She			the water		like a eel	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was carried off the ship by a pirate who chose to help her swim to shore

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 ship	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ship	det
6	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 pirate	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pirate	det
9	pirate	pirate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 chose	nsubj
11	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pirate	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 help	mark
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 chose	xcomp
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 help	obj
15	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 help	xcomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 shore	case
17	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 swim	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · passive	a pirate	She		off the ship	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme subject=Beneficiary ship=Value
2	choose	past	a pirate				tree rules
3	help	to-infinitive	a pirate not said here	her = she			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	swim	infinitive	her = she not said here		shore		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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