--- title: Which character, having been offered a position aboard the vessel, d… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook br… · tree and pragmatics description: Which character, having been offered a position aboard the vessel, declined the offer on the grounds of his allegiance to the Crown? Exam question 1 of lesson 333 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook broods, the boys refuse, and Wendy is brought up» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/333-pg16-part24/e1/) [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, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook br…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/333-pg16-part24/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook broods, the boys refus… Which character, having been offered a position aboard the vessel, declined the offer on the grounds of his allegiance to the Crown? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** character · **What happens:** offer, decline · **To what, where:** position, offer, grounds This is exam question 1 of lesson 333 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 24: Hook broods, the boys refuse, and Wendy is brought up» 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/333-pg16-part24/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:e1:1 # text = Which character, having been offered a position aboard the vessel, declined the offer on the grounds of his allegiance to the Crown? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 aboard aboard ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 vessel vessel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 13 declined decline VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 grounds grounds NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 13 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 allegiance allegiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Crown Crown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | gerund · perfect · passive | which character *not said here* | a position | | | | aboard the vessel | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: position=Theme | | 2 | **decline** | past | which character | the offer | | the grounds of character's allegiance to the Crown | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offer=Theme | 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} Curly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:e1:o1:1 # text = Curly 1 Curly curly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Michael Darling ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:e1:o2:1 # text = Michael Darling 1 Michael Michael PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 Darling Darling PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Tootles the lost boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:e1:o3:1 # text = Tootles the lost boy 1 Tootles tootle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} John ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:333-pg16-part24:e1:o4:1 # text = John 1 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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