Test 10 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surp…

Did Tiger Lily's lot get into a line before the pirates came?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lot, pirates · What happens: do, get, come · To what, where: Tiger, line

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
3	Lily	Lily	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lot	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Lily	case
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	nsubj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 line	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 line	det
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 came	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pirates	det
12	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 get	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past		Tiger		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Eventuality
2	get	present	Lily's lot		a line	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into line=Destination
3	come	past	the pirates			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Yeah, they lined up neatly in rows, facing the sea, waiting for the pirates to come into view

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lined	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lined	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lined	nsubj
4	lined	line	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 lined	compound:prt
6	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	4 lined	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 rows	case
8	rows	row	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lined	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 facing	punct
10	facing	face	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lined	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 facing	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 waiting	punct
14	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 facing	conj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 pirates	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 pirates	det
17	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 waiting	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 come	mark
19	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 waiting	advcl
20	into	into	ADP	_	21 view	case
21	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	line up	past	they			in rows; neatly property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in row=Theme
2	face	gerund	they not said here	the sea			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Destination
3	wait	gerund	they not said here			for the pirates	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	come	to-infinitive	they not said here		view		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into view=Initial_Location

Option 2

Nah, they were already in a line and had been waiting for the captain's arrival since dusk

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 line	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 line	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 line	cop
5	already	already	ADV	_	8 line	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 line	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 line	det
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 waiting	cc
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 waiting	aux
11	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 waiting	aux
12	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 line	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	17 arrival	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 captain	det
15	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 arrival	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 captain	case
17	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waiting	obl
18	since	since	ADP	_	19 dusk	case
19	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they	a line			tree rules
2	wait	past · perfect · progressive	they not said here		dusk	for the captain's arrival	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	arrive		the captain				nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, they scattered across the rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 scattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	nsubj
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	7 rocks	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rocks	det
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	they			the rocks			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across rock=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, but tradition stopped them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 stopped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stopped	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 stopped	cc
4	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stopped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	tradition	them = they					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality

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