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title: Mate, how did Wendy get off the rock, like, without drowning? — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how did Wendy get off the rock, like, without drowning? Test 4 · ★ 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 tr
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# Test 4 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet…

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Mate, how did Wendy get off the rock, like, without drowning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Wendy · **What happens:** get off, drown · **To what, where:** Mate

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t4:1
# text = Mate, how did Wendy get off the rock, like, without drowning?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	drowning	drown	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get off** | past · do-support | Wendy | Mate |  |  |  | off the rock | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rock=Stimulus |
| 2 | **drown** | gerund | Wendy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «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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held by Michael's string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t4:o1:1
# text = held by Michael's string
1	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by Michael's string | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by string=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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tied to a big kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t4:o2:1
# text = tied to a big kite
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to a big kite | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to kite=Co-Patient |

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

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tied to Michael's kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t4:o3:1
# text = tied to Michael's kite
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to Michael's kite | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to kite=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **kite** |  | Michael |  |  |  |  |  | nom kite «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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tied to Michael's kite string by the pirates

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t4:o4:1
# text = tied to Michael's kite string by the pirates
1	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	kite	kite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to Michael's kite string; by the pirates | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to string=Co-Patient |

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