Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is beaten, jumps to th…

Which hazard to the vessel did Hook attempt to effect by discharging the powder magazine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: hazard · What happens: attempt, discharge · To what, where: effect, powder magazine

This is exam question 2 of lesson 336 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is beaten, jumps to the crocodile, and the children sail for home» 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 hazard	det
2	hazard	hazard	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attempt	nsubj
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 vessel	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 vessel	det
5	vessel	vessel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hazard	nmod
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 attempt	aux
7	Hook	Hook	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attempt	nsubj
8	attempt	attempt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 effect	mark
10	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 attempt	obj
11	by	by	SCONJ	_	12 discharging	mark
12	discharging	discharge	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 attempt	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 magazine	det
14	powder	powder	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 magazine	compound
15	magazine	magazine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 discharging	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 attempt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attempt	past · do-support	which hazard to the vessel	effect					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Eventuality
2	discharge	gerund	which hazard to the vessel not said here	the powder magazine					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magazine=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Destruction of the ship by explosion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 ship	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ship	det
4	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Destruction	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 explosion	case
6	explosion	explosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ship	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy			the ship by explosion					nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Burning of the sails by fire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 sails	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sails	det
4	sails	sail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Burning	obl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 fire	case
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Burning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burn	gerund						of the sails; by fire	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location

Option 3

Complete destruction of the entire ship by a massive explosion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 destruction	amod
2	destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 ship	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ship	det
5	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ship	amod
6	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 destruction	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 explosion	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 explosion	det
9	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 explosion	amod
10	explosion	explosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 destruction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy		a massive explosion	the entire ship					nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 4

Destruction of the ship and the island by a huge explosion at sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Destruction	destruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 ship	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ship	det
4	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Destruction	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 island	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Destruction	conj
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 explosion	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 explosion	det
10	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 explosion	amod
11	explosion	explosion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Destruction	nmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 sea	case
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 explosion	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	destroy		a huge explosion at sea	the ship					nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient by=agent

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