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title: What reason does Hook give for forbidding Starkey to discharge his f… — Peter Pan, The Home Under the Ground,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason does Hook give for forbidding Starkey to discharge his firearm? Exam question 4 of lesson 319 «Peter Pan, The Home Under the Ground, part 10: Hook's pirates hunt for the lost boys' hidden home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, The Home Under the Ground, part 10: Hook's pira…

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What reason does Hook give for forbidding Starkey to discharge his firearm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** give, forbid, discharge · **To what, where:** Starkey, firearm

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 319 «Peter Pan, The Home Under the Ground, part 10: Hook's pirates hunt for the lost boys' hidden 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/319-pg16-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:319-pg16-part10:e4:1
# text = What reason does Hook give for forbidding Starkey to discharge his firearm?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:outer	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Hook	Hook	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	forbidding	forbid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	Starkey	Starkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	discharge	discharge	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	firearm	firearm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · do-support | what reason |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **forbid** | gerund | what reason *not said here* | Starkey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **discharge** | to-infinitive | what reason *not said here* | Hook's firearm |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firearm=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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the shot would bring the redskins and the crocodile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:319-pg16-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = the shot would bring the redskins and the crocodile
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shot	shot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	redskins	redskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crocodile	crocodile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | would | the shot | the redskins and the crocodile |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent redskin=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the noise would wake the crew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:319-pg16-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = the noise would wake the crew
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake** | would | the noise | the crew |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent crew=Patient |

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

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the report would alert the redskins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:319-pg16-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = the report would alert the redskins
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	alert	alert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	redskins	redskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alert** *speech: other* | would | the report | the redskins |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent redskin=Recipient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the boys would wake up and run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:319-pg16-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = the boys would wake up and run
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wake	wake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wake up** | would | the boys |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | the boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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