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title: Seriously, what was the table made out of? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boy… · tree and pragmatics
description: Seriously, what was the table made out of? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 322 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a house and she agrees to be their mother» 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 
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# Test 8 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a hous…

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Seriously, what was the table made out of?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, make out · **To what, where:** table

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 322 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a house and she agrees to be their mother» 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/322-pg16-part13/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t8:1
# text = Seriously, what was the table made out of?
1	Seriously	seriously	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the table |  |  |  | seriously *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make out** | participle |  | the table *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a door on a tree trunk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t8:o1:1
# text = a door on a tree trunk
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a big wooden door set on a hollow tree trunk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t8:o2:1
# text = a big wooden door set on a hollow tree trunk
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | a big wooden door *not said here* |  | a hollow tree trunk |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on trunk=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a heavy old door balanced on a tree trunk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t8:o3:1
# text = a heavy old door balanced on a tree trunk
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	balanced	balance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	trunk	trunk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **balance** | participle |  | a heavy old door *not said here* |  | a tree trunk |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on trunk=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a board on a stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t8:o4:1
# text = a board on a stone
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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