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title: how big was the light, though, like a torch? — Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: how big was the light, though, like a torch? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 311 «Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hears about Peter, then a boy drops into the nursery.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 10 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hear…

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how big was the light, though, like a torch?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** big light

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 311 «Peter Pan, Peter Breaks Through, part 2: Mrs. Darling hears about Peter, then a boy drops into the nursery.» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/311-pg16-part2/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:t10:1
# text = how big was the light, though, like a torch?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	though	though	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the big light and a torch |  |  |  | though *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Size of a fist, but way brighter than a torch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:t10:o1:1
# text = Size of a fist, but way brighter than a torch
1	Size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
8	brighter	bright	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Big as a fist, with a glow like a lamp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:t10:o2:1
# text = Big as a fist, with a glow like a lamp
1	Big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
2	as	as	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	glow	glow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lamp	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a torch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:t10:o3:1
# text = Like a torch
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Size of a fist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:311-pg16-part2:t10:o4:1
# text = Size of a fist
1	Size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fist	fist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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