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title: To what creatures did the children fling the buried treasure, and fo… — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what creatures did the children fling the buried treasure, and for what purpose? Exam question 2 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 sch
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# Exam question 2 · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet…

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To what creatures did the children fling the buried treasure, and for what purpose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** creatures, children · **What happens:** do, fling, bury · **To what, where:** buried treasure

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e2:1
# text = To what creatures did the children fling the buried treasure, and for what purpose?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fling	fling	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	_
15	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	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 | creatures |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fling** | present | the children | the buried treasure |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent treasure=Theme |
| 3 | **bury** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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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the gulls, as a mischievous amusement to pass the time on the rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e2:o1:1
# text = the gulls, as a mischievous amusement to pass the time on the rock
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	pass	pass	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | to-infinitive | the gulls |  |  | the rock | time |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on rock=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the gulls and the mermaids, as a mischievous amusement and a bit of mockery

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e2:o2:1
# text = the gulls and the mermaids, as a mischievous amusement and a bit of mockery
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	mockery	mockery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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the gulls, as a mischievous amusement

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e2:o3:1
# text = the gulls, as a mischievous amusement
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gulls	gull	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	mischievous	mischievous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	amusement	amusement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the seabirds, as a playful game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e2:o4:1
# text = the seabirds, as a playful game
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	seabirds	seabird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	playful	playful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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