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title: By what means did Tiger Lily finally escape the pirates' custody? — Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Tiger Lily finally escape the pirates' custody? Exam question 4 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 tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, The Mermaids' Lagoon, part 15: pirates capture…

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By what means did Tiger Lily finally escape the pirates' custody?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, escape · **To what, where:** custody

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e4:1
# text = By what means did Tiger Lily finally escape the pirates' custody?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	escape	escape	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	custody	custody	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **escape** | past · do-support |  | the pirates's custody |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme custody=Initial\_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 {#o1}

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She ran off the deck quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e4:o1:1
# text = She ran off the deck quickly
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	deck	deck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | She | the deck |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme deck=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She bit through her ropes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e4:o2:1
# text = She bit through her ropes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bit	bite	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	ropes	rope	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past | She |  |  | her ropes |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent through rope=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She slid like an eel into the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e4:o3:1
# text = She slid like an eel into the water
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slid	slide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	eel	eel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slide** | past | She |  |  | the water |  | like a eel | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into water=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She was carried off the ship by a pirate who chose to help her swim to shore

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:324-pg16-part15:e4:o4:1
# text = She was carried off the ship by a pirate who chose to help her swim to shore
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pirate	pirate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry off** | past · passive | a pirate | She |  |  |  | off the ship | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme subject=Beneficiary ship=Value |
| 2 | **choose** | past | a pirate |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | a pirate *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 4 | **swim** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  | shore |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shore=Destination |

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