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title: Upon what grounds did Peter experience the first unfairness as a deb… — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what grounds did Peter experience the first unfairness as a debilitating shock? Exam question 1 of lesson 326 «Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Peter helpless, Wendy flies off on Michael's kite, and the Never bird comes to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet…

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Upon what grounds did Peter experience the first unfairness as a debilitating shock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** experience, debilitate · **To what, where:** first unfairness

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 326 «Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Peter helpless, Wendy flies off on Michael's kite, and the Never bird comes to save him» 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/326-pg16-part17/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e1:1
# text = Upon what grounds did Peter experience the first unfairness as a debilitating shock?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	grounds	grounds	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	experience	experience	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	amod	_	_
9	unfairness	unfairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	debilitating	debilitate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **experience** | past · do-support | Peter | the first unfairness |  |  |  | as a debilitating shock | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer unfairness=Stimulus |
| 2 | **debilitate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Because he was bitten by a friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e1:o1:1
# text = Because he was bitten by a friend
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	bitten	bite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bite** | past · passive | a friend | he |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Because it hurt so much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e1:o2:1
# text = Because it hurt so much
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Because the bite was unexpected to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e1:o3:1
# text = Because the bite was unexpected to him
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bite	bite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bite |  | him *= he* |  |  | unexpected *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Because the unfairness, not the pain, dazed him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e1:o4:1
# text = Because the unfairness, not the pain, dazed him
1	Because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	unfairness	unfairness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	dazed	daze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **daze** | past |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | because the unfairness and the pain | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |

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