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title: By what means were the captive boys transported to the ship? — Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means were the captive boys transported to the ship? Exam question 2 of lesson 331 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: the captives are carried off, and Hook finds Peter asleep» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 2 · Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: the captives are carr…

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By what means were the captive boys transported to the ship?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** captive boys · **What happens:** mean, be, transport · **To what, where:** captive boys · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 331 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Pan, part 22: the captives are carried off, and Hook finds Peter asleep» 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/331-pg16-part22/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e2:1
# text = By what means were the captive boys transported to the ship?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	captive	captive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	transported	transport	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the captive boys |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **transport** | past | the captive boys |  |  |  |  | to the ship | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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inside the hollow tree house on wheels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e2:o1:1
# text = inside the hollow tree house on wheels
1	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	hollow	hollow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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in a wooden cart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e2:o2:1
# text = in a wooden cart
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cart	cart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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carried in the little house through the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e2:o3:1
# text = carried in the little house through the wood
1	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | participle |  |  |  | the little house |  | through the wood | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in house=Location |

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

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in the little house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:331-pg16-part22:e2:o4:1
# text = in the little house
1	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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