--- title: Bruv, what were the kids chucking at the gulls for a laugh? — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics description: Bruv, what were the kids chucking at the gulls for a laugh? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet… Bruv, what were the kids chucking at the gulls for a laugh? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv, kids · **What happens:** be, chuck · **To what, where:** kids, gulls This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t12:1 # text = Bruv, what were the kids chucking at the gulls for a laugh? 1 Bruv Bruv PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ _ 7 chucking chuck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gulls gull NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv | the kids | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **chuck** | gerund | the kids *not said here* | | | the gulls | | for a laugh | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at gull=Destination | 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 gold and the silver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t12:o1:1 # text = the gold and the silver 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} moidores and pieces of eight, bruv, for a laugh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t12:o2:1 # text = moidores and pieces of eight, bruv, for a laugh 1 moidores moidore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bruv bruv NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 laugh laugh NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} jewels and old doubloons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t12:o3:1 # text = jewels and old doubloons 1 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 doubloons doubloon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} moidores and pieces of eight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t12:o4:1 # text = moidores and pieces of eight 1 moidores moidore NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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