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title: With reference to the passage, what does Peter seize as the pirates… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy p… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, what does Peter seize as the pirates attack the redskins? Exam question 4 of lesson 329 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter stays, pirates attack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter…

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With reference to the passage, what does Peter seize as the pirates attack the redskins?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peter, pirates · **What happens:** seize, attack · **To what, where:** redskins

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 329 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 20: Wendy plans to leave, Peter stays, pirates attack» 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/329-pg16-part20/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e4:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what does Peter seize as the pirates attack the redskins?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	attack	attack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	redskins	redskin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | present · do-support | Peter |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
| 2 | **attack** | present | the pirates | the redskins |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent redskin=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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He grabs his hanger, the one he used on Barbecue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e4:o1:1
# text = He grabs his hanger, the one he used on Barbecue
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	grabs	grab	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	hanger	hanger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | present | He | his hanger |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hanger=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | past | he | the one *not said here* |  | Barbecue |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He seizes his sword, the one he used on Barbecue, and charges at the pirates

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e4:o2:1
# text = He seizes his sword, the one he used on Barbecue, and charges at the pirates
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seizes	seize	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	charges	charge	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | present | He | his sword |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | past | he | the one *not said here* |  | Barbecue |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 3 | **charge** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | the pirates |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at pirate=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He seizes his bow, the one he used on Tootles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e4:o3:1
# text = He seizes his bow, the one he used on Tootles
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seizes	seize	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Tootles	tootle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | present | He | his bow |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bow=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | past | he | the one *not said here* |  | Tootles |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He seizes his sword, the one he used on Barbecue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:329-pg16-part20:e4:o4:1
# text = He seizes his sword, the one he used on Barbecue
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	seizes	seize	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Barbecue	Barbecue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seize** | present | He | his sword |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
| 2 | **use** | past | he | the one *not said here* |  | Barbecue |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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