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title: Did Tiger Lily's lot get into a line before the pirates came? — Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Tiger Lily's lot get into a line before the pirates came? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 330 «Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surprise the Piccaninnies in the dark, and Hook tricks the boys with the tom-tom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 10 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surp…

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Did Tiger Lily's lot get into a line before the pirates came?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lot, pirates · **What happens:** do, get, come · **To what, where:** Tiger, line

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 330 «Peter Pan, The Pirate Attack, part 21: Hook's pirates surprise the Piccaninnies in the dark, and Hook tricks the boys with the tom-tom» 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/330-pg16-part21/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t10:1
# text = Did Tiger Lily's lot get into a line before the pirates came?
1	Did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Tiger	Tiger	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	Lily	Lily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Tiger |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiger=Eventuality |
| 2 | **get** | present | Lily's lot |  |  | a line |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into line=Destination |
| 3 | **come** | past | the pirates |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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Yeah, they lined up neatly in rows, facing the sea, waiting for the pirates to come into view

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t10:o1:1
# text = Yeah, they lined up neatly in rows, facing the sea, waiting for the pirates to come into view
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lined	line	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	neatly	neatly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	facing	face	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	conj	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
20	into	into	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **line up** | past | they |  |  |  |  | in rows; neatly *property* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in row=Theme |
| 2 | **face** | gerund | they *not said here* | the sea |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sea=Destination |
| 3 | **wait** | gerund | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the pirates | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **come** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  | view |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into view=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, they were already in a line and had been waiting for the captain's arrival since dusk

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t10:o2:1
# text = Nah, they were already in a line and had been waiting for the captain's arrival since dusk
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	aux	_	_
12	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
18	since	since	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	dusk	dusk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  | a line |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wait** | past · perfect · progressive | they *not said here* |  |  |  | dusk | for the captain's arrival | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **arrive** |  | the captain |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they scattered across the rocks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t10:o3:1
# text = Nah, they scattered across the rocks
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	rocks	rock	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | past | they |  |  | the rocks |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across rock=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, but tradition stopped them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:330-pg16-part21:t10:o4:1
# text = Yeah, but tradition stopped them
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | tradition | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality |

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