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title: What was the principal reason the pirates discharged the cannon call… — Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the principal reason the pirates discharged the cannon called Long Tom? Exam question 2 of lesson 318 «Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly on in the dark while Tink lures Wendy away and the pirates fire Long Tom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d
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# Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly…

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What was the principal reason the pirates discharged the cannon called Long Tom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pirates · **What happens:** be, discharge, call · **To what, where:** principal reason, cannon · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 318 «Peter Pan, The Island Come True, part 9: the children fly on in the dark while Tink lures Wendy away and the pirates fire Long Tom» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/318-pg16-part9/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:e2:1
# text = What was the principal reason the pirates discharged the cannon called Long Tom?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	discharged	discharge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cannon	cannon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	Long	Long	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **discharge** | past | the pirates | the cannon |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cannon=Theme |
| 3 | **call** | participle |  | the cannon *not said here* |  |  |  | long *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To locate the children, whose light they had observed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:e2:o1:1
# text = To locate the children, whose light they had observed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	locate	locate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **locate** | to-infinitive |  | the children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **observe** | past · perfect · passive | the children's light *not said here* | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |
| 3 | **light** |  | the children |  |  |  |  |  | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To celebrate the capture of Peter Pan's lost boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:e2:o2:1
# text = To celebrate the capture of Peter Pan's lost boys
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	capture	capture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	_
7	Pan	Pan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive |  | the capture of Peter's lost boys |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capture=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **capture** |  |  | Peter's lost boys |  |  |  |  | nom capture «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To warn the lost boys of their coming attack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:e2:o3:1
# text = To warn the lost boys of their coming attack
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	amod	_	_
9	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  |  | the lost boys of boys's coming attack |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **attack** |  | boys *= boy* |  |  |  |  |  | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To locate the children, whose light they had observed from the ship on the lagoon

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:318-pg16-part9:e2:o4:1
# text = To locate the children, whose light they had observed from the ship on the lagoon
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	locate	locate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	lagoon	lagoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **locate** | to-infinitive |  | the children |  | the lagoon |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **observe** | past · perfect · passive |  | light |  | the ship |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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