--- title: By what means did the boys return to their homes after searching the… — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the boys return to their homes after searching the lagoon? Exam question 3 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, wi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet… By what means did the boys return to their homes after searching the lagoon? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boys · **What happens:** mean, do, return, search · **To what, where:** lagoon This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e3:1 # text = By what means did the boys return to their homes after searching the lagoon? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 boys boy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 return return VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 homes home NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 searching search VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lagoon lagoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **return** | present | the boys | | | | | to boys's homes *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to home=Result | | 4 | **search** | gerund | the boys *not said here* | the lagoon | | | | | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent lagoon=Location | 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} the canoe ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e3:o1:1 # text = the canoe 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 canoe canoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the dinghy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e3:o2:1 # text = the dinghy 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dinghy dinghy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a rowboat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e3:o3:1 # text = a rowboat 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rowboat rowboat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the dinghy that had brought them to the lagoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e3:o4:1 # text = the dinghy that had brought them to the lagoon 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dinghy dinghy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lagoon lagoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | | the dinghy | | | | to the lagoon | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination they=Theme | **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. 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