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title: By what means was Wendy struck down in the passage? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook pl… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means was Wendy struck down in the passage? Exam question 3 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 and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake,…

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By what means was Wendy struck down in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, strike down · **To what, where:** Wendy, passage

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e3:1
# text = By what means was Wendy struck down in the passage?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	struck	strike	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **strike down** | past · passive |  | Wendy |  | the passage |  |  | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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an arrow fired by Tootles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = an arrow fired by Tootles
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fire** | participle |  | a arrow *not said here* |  |  |  | by Tootles | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by tootle=Destination |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a heavy rock dropped by one of the lost boys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = a heavy rock dropped by one of the lost boys
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | participle |  | a heavy rock *not said here* |  |  |  | by one of the lost boys | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by one=Trajectory |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a stone hurled by Nibs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = a stone hurled by Nibs
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	hurled	hurl	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Nibs	nib	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurl** | participle |  | a stone *not said here* |  |  |  | by Nibs | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by nib=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a poisoned crossbow bolt fired from the high trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = a poisoned crossbow bolt fired from the high trees
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	crossbow	crossbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	fired	fire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fire** | participle |  | a poisoned crossbow bolt *not said here* |  | the high trees |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from tree=Initial\_Location |

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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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