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title: Which character sighed three times in succession, as described in th… — Peter Pan, The Mermaid's Lagoon, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character sighed three times in succession, as described in the passage? Exam question 1 of lesson 325 «Peter Pan, The Mermaid's Lagoon, part 16: Hook swims to his boat, and Peter tricks the pirates with a codfish game» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, The Mermaid's Lagoon, part 16: Hook swims to hi…

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Which character sighed three times in succession, as described in the passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** sigh, describe · **To what, where:** passage

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 325 «Peter Pan, The Mermaid's Lagoon, part 16: Hook swims to his boat, and Peter tricks the pirates with a codfish game» 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/325-pg16-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:325-pg16-part16:e1:1
# text = Which character sighed three times in succession, as described in the passage?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	sighed	sigh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	succession	succession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sigh** | past | which character |  |  |  | time | in succession | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in succession=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | participle |  |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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Hook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:325-pg16-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = Hook
1	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tiger Lily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:325-pg16-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = Tiger Lily
1	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Smee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:325-pg16-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = Smee
1	Smee	Smee	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Captain Hook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:325-pg16-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = Captain Hook
1	Captain	Captain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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