Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surp…

Which statement regarding the timing of Hook's assault upon the Piccaninny encampment is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, Hook · What happens: regard, be, assault

This is exam question 1 of lesson 330 «Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surprise the Piccaninnies in the dark, and Hook tricks the boys with the tom-tom» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 accurate	nsubj
3	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 timing	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 timing	det
5	timing	timing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 statement	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 assault	case
7	Hook	Hook	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 assault	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Hook	case
9	assault	assault	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 timing	nmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 encampment	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 encampment	det
12	Piccaninny	Piccaninny	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 encampment	compound
13	encampment	encampment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assault	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 accurate	cop
15	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	which statement regard the timing of Hook's assault upon the Piccaninny encampment	accurate property	tree rules
3	assault		Hook	upon the Piccaninny encampment	nom assault «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 assault was launched in complete darkness, during the middle of the night, long before dawn had broken

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assault	det
2	assault	assault	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 launched	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 launched	aux:pass
4	launched	launch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 darkness	case
6	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 darkness	amod
7	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 launched	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 middle	punct
9	during	during	ADP	_	11 middle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 middle	det
11	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 launched	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 night	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 night	det
14	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 middle	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 broken	punct
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 broken	advmod
17	before	before	ADP	_	18 dawn	case
18	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 broken	obl
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 broken	aux
20	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 launched	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	launch	past · passive		the assault		complete darkness	during the middle of the night		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in darkness=Destination
2	break	past · perfect					dawn	long property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The raid took place at night, after the moon had set

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 raid	det
2	raid	raid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 took	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 set	punct
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 moon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 moon	det
10	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 set	obl
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 set	aux
12	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 took	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the raid	place			night		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme
2	set	past · perfect	the raid not said here				after the moon		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It was carried out in the grey light of the early dawn, just as the first birds began to sing in the trees

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj:pass
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	out	out	ADP	_	3 carried	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 light	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 light	det
7	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 light	amod
8	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 dawn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 dawn	det
11	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dawn	amod
12	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 light	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 began	punct
14	just	just	ADV	_	19 began	advmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 began	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 birds	det
17	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	18 birds	amod
18	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 began	nsubj
19	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 sing	mark
21	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 began	xcomp
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 trees	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 trees	det
24	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	carry out	past · passive		It	the grey light of the early dawn	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	begin	past	the first birds			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	sing speech: express	to-infinitive	the first birds not said here		the trees	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
4	light			the early dawn		nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The assault was made in darkness, prior to the dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 assault	det
2	assault	assault	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	aux:pass
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 darkness	case
6	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 prior	punct
8	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 darkness	amod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 dawn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dawn	det
11	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 prior	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past · passive		the assault		darkness			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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