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title: No cap, why couldn't Hook reach the catch on Slightly's door? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 23: Hook po… · tree and pragmatics
description: No cap, why couldn't Hook reach the catch on Slightly's door? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 332 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 23: Hook poisons Peter's medicine, and Tink drinks it to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 3 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 23: Hook poisons Peter's medici…

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No cap, why couldn't Hook reach the catch on Slightly's door?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap · **What happens:** not hook, reach · **To what, where:** catch, door

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 332 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 23: Hook poisons Peter's medicine, and Tink drinks it 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/332-pg16-part23/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:332-pg16-part23:t3:1
# text = No cap, why couldn't Hook reach the catch on Slightly's door?
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	Hook	hook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	Slightly	Slightly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hook** | could | no cap |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | infinitive | no cap *not said here* | the catch |  | Slightly's door |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent catch=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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it was jammed shut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:332-pg16-part23:t3:o1:1
# text = it was jammed shut
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	jammed	jam	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jam** | past · passive |  | it |  |  |  | shut *property* | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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it was too low down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:332-pg16-part23:t3:o2:1
# text = it was too low down
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | down, low *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hook's arm was just too short to reach it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:332-pg16-part23:t3:o3:1
# text = Hook's arm was just too short to reach it
1	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Hook's arm |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | Hook's arm *not said here* | arm |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the lock was rusty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:332-pg16-part23:t3:o4:1
# text = the lock was rusty
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	rusty	rusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the lock |  |  |  |  | rusty *property* | tree rules |

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