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title: Mad how they got to the island, innit? Did they go straight there? — Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the chi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mad how they got to the island, innit? Did they go straight there? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 317 «Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Neverland, and fear falls as night comes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea
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# Test 12 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Never…

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Mad how they got to the island, innit? Did they go straight there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** get, innit, go

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 317 «Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Neverland, and fear falls as night comes» 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/317-pg16-part8/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mad how they got to the island, innit?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t12:1
# text = Mad how they got to the island, innit?
1	Mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | they |  |  |  |  | to the island *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to island=Result |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Did they go straight there?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t12:2
# text = Did they go straight there?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · do-support | they |  |  | there |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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yes, they had been going pretty straight all the way across

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t12:o1:1
# text = yes, they had been going pretty straight all the way across
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	across	across	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect · progressive | they | all way |  |  |  | across, pretty *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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yes, they flew around the clouds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t12:o2:1
# text = yes, they flew around the clouds
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	clouds	cloud	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past | they |  |  | the clouds |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around cloud=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they had been going pretty straight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t12:o3:1
# text = yes, they had been going pretty straight
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past · perfect · progressive | they |  |  |  |  | pretty, straight *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, they had been flying in wide circles over the sea for hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t12:o4:1
# text = no, they had been flying in wide circles over the sea for hours
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	flying	fly	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | past · perfect · progressive | they |  |  | wide circles | hour | over the sea | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in circle=Location |

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