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title: Ain't it wicked how the island was lookin' for 'em, right? — Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the chi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ain't it wicked how the island was lookin' for 'em, right? Test 5 · ★ 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 each option
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# Test 5 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Flight, part 8: the children near the Never…

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Ain't it wicked how the island was lookin' for 'em, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** island · **What happens:** lookin

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t5:1
# text = Ain't it wicked how the island was lookin' for 'em, right?
1	Ai	ai	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lookin	lookin	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	'em	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
14	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lookin** | past · progressive | the island |  |  |  |  | for 'em *= they* | 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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the whole island had been searching for them all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t5:o1:1
# text = the whole island had been searching for them all night long
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux	_	_
6	searching	search	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | past · perfect · progressive | the whole island |  |  |  | night | for them *= they*; long *property* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for they=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the island was looking for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t5:o2:1
# text = the island was looking for them
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | the island |  |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the stars were watching them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t5:o3:1
# text = the stars were watching them
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past · progressive | the stars | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the island was looking for them with arrows of light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:317-pg16-part8:t5:o4:1
# text = the island was looking for them with arrows of light
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · progressive | the island |  |  |  |  | for them *= they*; with arrows of light | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for they=Theme |

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