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title: With what object was the captive Tiger Lily found when she attempted… — Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: With what object was the captive Tiger Lily found when she attempted to board the pirate vessel? Exam question 1 of lesson 324 «Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture Tiger Lily and leave her on the rock, but Peter tricks them» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture…

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With what object was the captive Tiger Lily found when she attempted to board the pirate vessel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object, Lily · **What happens:** be, find, attempt, board · **To what, where:** pirate vessel · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 324 «Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture Tiger Lily and leave her on the rock, but Peter tricks them» 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/324-pg16-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e1:1
# text = With what object was the captive Tiger Lily found when she attempted to board the pirate vessel?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
8	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	12	advmod	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	board	board	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | what object |  |  |  |  | with the captive Tiger | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | past | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **attempt** | past | Lily |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **board** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Lily *not said here* | the pirate vessel |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme vessel=Location |

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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 {#o1}

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A rope wrapped around her arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = A rope wrapped around her arm
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	wrapped	wrap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | participle |  | a rope *not said here* |  | her arm |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around arm=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bow slung across her back and two daggers hidden under her cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = A bow slung across her back and two daggers hidden under her cloak
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	slung	sling	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	daggers	dagger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sling** | participle |  | a bow *not said here* |  | her back and two daggers |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | two daggers *not said here* |  | her cloak |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under cloak=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A long curved knife she had clenched tightly between her teeth while swimming toward the pirate ship

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = A long curved knife she had clenched tightly between her teeth while swimming toward the pirate ship
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	curved	curve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	clenched	clench	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	tightly	tightly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	between	between	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	swimming	swim	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
14	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **curve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP.material V PP.product»: agent=Material |
| 2 | **clench** | past · perfect | she | a long curved knife *not said here* |  |  |  | tightly *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knife=Patient |
| 3 | **swim** | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  | the pirate ship |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward ship=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A knife carried between her teeth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = A knife carried between her teeth
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  | a knife *not said here* |  |  |  | between her teeth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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