Test 8 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter tick…

Why was Peter ticking, like, what was he on?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Peter · What happens: tick

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 334 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter ticks his way aboard the ship» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 ticking	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ticking	aux
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ticking	nsubj
4	ticking	tick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 what	case
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 ticking	obl
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 on	cop
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 on	nsubj
11	on	on	ADP	_	8 what	compound:prt
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ticking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tick	past · progressive	Peter						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

scaring the wild beasts off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	scaring	scare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beasts	det
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beasts	amod
4	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 scaring	obj
5	off	off	ADV	_	1 scaring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare	gerund		the wild beasts				off property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beast=Experiencer

Option 2

making the pirates jump in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 jump	csubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pirates	det
3	pirates	pirate	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 making	obj
4	jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 jump	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		the pirates					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pirate=Product
2	jump in	present	making						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

playing tricks on Hook for fun all night long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 playing	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 Hook	case
4	Hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 playing	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 fun	case
6	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 playing	obl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 playing	obl:unmarked
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 playing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		tricks		Hook	night	for fun; long property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent trick=Theme for fun=Eventuality

Option 4

trying to warn the crew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 warn	mark
3	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 trying	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crew	det
5	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 warn	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	gerund							vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	warn speech: warn not said to happen	to-infinitive		the crew					vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crew=Recipient

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