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title: Which tribal belief did Tiger Lily's people hold concerning the pass… — Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which tribal belief did Tiger Lily's people hold concerning the passage of the dead? Exam question 3 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 the dependency
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture…

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Which tribal belief did Tiger Lily's people hold concerning the passage of the dead?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tribal belief, people · **What happens:** do, hold, concern · **To what, where:** passage

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e3:1
# text = Which tribal belief did Tiger Lily's people hold concerning the passage of the dead?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
2	tribal	tribal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which tribal belief |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | present | Tiger Lily's people |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | Tiger Lily's people *not said here* | the passage of the dead |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus passage=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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That no path through water led to the hunting-ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e3:o1:1
# text = That no path through water led to the hunting-ground
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	_
3	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | participle |  | that path through water *not said here* |  |  |  | to the hunting ground | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to ground=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That every river and lake led straight to the happy hunting-ground, so the dead must always swim there at once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e3:o2:1
# text = That every river and lake led straight to the happy hunting-ground, so the dead must always swim there at once
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
11	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	nsubj	_	_
18	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	20	advmod	_	_
20	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
21	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	20	advmod	_	_
22	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | that river and lake |  |  |  |  | to the happy hunting ground | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to ground=Patient |
| 2 | **swim** | must | the dead |  |  | there |  | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That water was a path to the hunting-ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e3:o3:1
# text = That water was a path to the hunting-ground
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that water | a path |  |  |  | to the hunting ground | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That the dead must cross a great mountain of fire and ice before entering the hunting-ground of their people

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e3:o4:1
# text = That the dead must cross a great mountain of fire and ice before entering the hunting-ground of their people
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	obl	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	hunting	hunting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | must |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Patient |
| 2 | **enter** | gerund |  | the hunting ground of mountain's people |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Destination |

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