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title: Ah man, what do the boys do to scare off wolves? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook pl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ah man, what do the boys do to scare off wolves? Test 6 · ★ 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 choice was 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 11: Hook plots a poisoned cake,…

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Ah man, what do the boys do to scare off wolves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boys · **What happens:** be, do, scare off · **To what, where:** man, wolves

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This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:t6:1
# text = Ah man, what do the boys do to scare off wolves?
1	Ah	ah	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
5	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	scare	scare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | present | the boys |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **scare off** | to-infinitive | the boys *not said here* | wolves |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wolf=Experiencer |

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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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look through their legs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:t6:o1:1
# text = look through their legs
1	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	through	through	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | through their legs | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent through leg=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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shout at them and wave their arms about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:t6:o2:1
# text = shout at them and wave their arms about
1	shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wave	wave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at them *= they* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wave** | present | you *not said here* | their arms |  |  |  | about *property* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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stand back to back and clap their hands fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:t6:o3:1
# text = stand back to back and clap their hands fast
1	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	clap	clap	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to back | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **clap** | present | you *not said here* | their hands |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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beat the drums loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:320-pg16-part11:t6:o4:1
# text = beat the drums loudly
1	beat	beat	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	drums	drum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beat** | imperative | you *not said here* | the drums |  |  |  | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme |

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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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