Test 8 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surp…

Oi, what did Hook's dogs do when he was wiping his cutlass?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dogs, Hook · What happens: do, wipe · To what, where: cutlass

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Oi	oi	INTJ	_	8 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
5	Hook	Hook	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dogs	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Hook	case
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 do	nsubj
8	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 wiping	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wiping	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 wiping	aux
12	wiping	wipe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 do	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 cutlass	nmod:poss
14	cutlass	cutlass	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wiping	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	Hook's dogs						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	wipe	past · progressive	Hook	Hook's cutlass					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent cutlass=Source

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

Stood back at a safe distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Stood	advmod
3	at	at	ADP	_	6 distance	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 distance	det
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 distance	amod
6	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand back	past						at a safe distance	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at distance=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Lay down in the wet grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Lay	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 grass	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 grass	det
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grass	amod
6	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay down	imperative	you not said here			the wet grass		down property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in grass=Destination

Option 3

Growled at the dead bodies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growled	growl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 bodies	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bodies	det
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bodies	amod
5	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Growled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	participle						at the dead bodies	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at body=Stimulus

Option 4

Hid behind rocks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hid	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	3 rocks	case
3	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				rocks			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location

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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