--- title: Which material did the boys employ to construct the walls of the dwe… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boy… · tree and pragmatics description: Which material did the boys employ to construct the walls of the dwelling? Exam question 4 of lesson 321 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little house round Wendy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/321-pg16-part12/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/321-pg16-part12/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little hou… Which material did the boys employ to construct the walls of the dwelling? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material, boys · **What happens:** do, employ, construct · **To what, where:** walls This is exam question 4 of lesson 321 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 12: the boys build a little house round 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/321-pg16-part12/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e4:1 # text = Which material did the boys employ to construct the walls of the dwelling? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 employ employ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 construct construct VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dwelling dwelling NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | which material | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **employ** | present | the boys | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 3 | **construct** | to-infinitive | the boys *not said here* | the walls of the dwelling | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wall=Result | 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} Branches sticky with red sap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e4:o1:1 # text = Branches sticky with red sap 1 Branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sticky sticky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 sap SAP NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Stones from the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e4:o2:1 # text = Stones from the river 1 Stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Logs cut from the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e4:o3:1 # text = Logs cut from the trees 1 Logs log NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | present | Logs | | | the trees | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from tree=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Old sacks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:321-pg16-part12:e4:o4:1 # text = Old sacks 1 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 sacks sack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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