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title: On what object did Captain Hook and Smee sit before the discovery of… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook pl… · tree and pragmatics
description: On what object did Captain Hook and Smee sit before the discovery of the chimney? Exam question 1 of lesson 320 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake, and Tootles shoots Wendy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake,…

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On what object did Captain Hook and Smee sit before the discovery of the chimney?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Captain, Smee · **What happens:** hook, sit, discover · **To what, where:** discovery, chimney

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 320 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake, and Tootles shoots Wendy» 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/320-pg16-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e1:1
# text = On what object did Captain Hook and Smee sit before the discovery of the chimney?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	Hook	hook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Smee	Smee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sit	sit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
10	before	before	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	discovery	discovery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	chimney	chimney	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hook** | past · do-support | Captain |  |  |  |  | on object | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on object=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **sit** | present | Smee |  |  | the discovery of the chimney |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before discovery=Location |
| 3 | **discover** |  |  | the chimney |  |  |  |  | nom discovery «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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a great pile of wet and mossy stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = a great pile of wet and mossy stones
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pile	pile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	mossy	mossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
8	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a large mushroom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = a large mushroom
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a large wooden chair from the ship's cabin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = a large wooden chair from the ship's cabin
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	cabin	cabin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a fallen tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = a fallen tree
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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