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title: Which figure did Slightly declare for the surviving boys, and was th… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which figure did Slightly declare for the surviving boys, and was this figure accurate? Exam question 3 of lesson 336 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is beaten, jumps to the crocodile, and the children sail for home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra
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# Exam question 3 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is beaten, jumps to th…

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Which figure did Slightly declare for the surviving boys, and was this figure accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** figure · **What happens:** declare, survive, be

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 336 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 27: Hook is beaten, jumps to the crocodile, and the children sail for home» 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/336-pg16-part27/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:336-pg16-part27:e3:1
# text = Which figure did Slightly declare for the surviving boys, and was this figure accurate?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	declare	declare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	surviving	survive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
14	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past · do-support | which figure |  |  |  |  | for the surviving boys; slightly *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **survive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | this figure |  |  |  |  | accurate *property* | tree rules |

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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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He declared seventeen, which was inaccurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:336-pg16-part27:e3:o1:1
# text = He declared seventeen, which was inaccurate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	inaccurate	inaccurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | He | seventeen |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seventeen=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | inaccurate *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He declared seventeen boys, which was a wrong count and inaccurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:336-pg16-part27:e3:o2:1
# text = He declared seventeen boys, which was a wrong count and inaccurate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	inaccurate	inaccurate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | He | seventeen boys |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | past | seventeen boys | a wrong count and inaccurate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He declared seventeen, which was inaccurate, though he insisted it was right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:336-pg16-part27:e3:o3:1
# text = He declared seventeen, which was inaccurate, though he insisted it was right
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	seventeen	seventeen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	inaccurate	inaccurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	insisted	insist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | He | seventeen |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seventeen=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | inaccurate *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He declared nineteen, which was inaccurate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:336-pg16-part27:e3:o4:1
# text = He declared nineteen, which was inaccurate
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	nineteen	nineteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	inaccurate	inaccurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | He | nineteen |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nineteen=Attribute |
| 2 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | inaccurate *property* | tree rules |

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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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