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title: Why was Peter ticking, like, what was he on? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why was Peter ticking, like, what was he on? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 334 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter ticks his way aboard the ship» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Test 8 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter tick…

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Why was Peter ticking, like, what was he on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** tick

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 334 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 25: Hook hides while Peter ticks his way aboard the ship» 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/334-pg16-part25/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:t8:1
# text = Why was Peter ticking, like, what was he on?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ticking	tick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tick** | past · progressive | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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scaring the wild beasts off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:t8:o1:1
# text = scaring the wild beasts off
1	scaring	scare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	beasts	beast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	off	off	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scare** | gerund |  | the wild beasts |  |  |  | off *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus beast=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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making the pirates jump in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:t8:o2:1
# text = making the pirates jump in
1	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pirates	pirate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	jump	jump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | the pirates |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pirate=Product |
| 2 | **jump in** | present | making |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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playing tricks on Hook for fun all night long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:t8:o3:1
# text = playing tricks on Hook for fun all night long
1	playing	play	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
2	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | gerund |  | tricks |  | Hook | night | for fun; long *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent trick=Theme for fun=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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trying to warn the crew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:334-pg16-part25:t8:o4:1
# text = trying to warn the crew
1	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the crew |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crew=Recipient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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