--- title: Yo, what was that sound, the mermaids doing the moon thing? — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics description: Yo, what was that sound, the mermaids doing the moon thing? Test 6 · ★ 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 tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/326-pg16-part17/t6/) [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/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet… Yo, what was that sound, the mermaids doing the moon thing? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mermaids · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** sound, moon thing This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t6:1 # text = Yo, what was that sound, the mermaids doing the moon thing? 1 Yo yo INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 mermaids mermaid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 appos _ _ 10 doing do VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | that sound | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | gerund | the mermaids *not said here* | the moon thing | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | 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} singing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t6:o1:1 # text = singing 1 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} wailing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t6:o2:1 # text = wailing 1 wailing wail VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wail** | gerund | | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} calling to the moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t6:o3:1 # text = calling to the moon 1 calling call VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | gerund | | | the moon | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to moon=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} singing to the sky ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:t6:o4:1 # text = singing to the sky 1 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | | | the sky | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to sky=Recipient | **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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