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title: What was Mr Darling dead proud of, innit? — Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was Mr Darling dead proud of, innit? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 310 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darlings and their dog nurse Nana» 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 wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darling…

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What was Mr Darling dead proud of, innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, innit

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 310 «Peter and Wendy, Peter Breaks Through, part 1: the Darlings and their dog nurse Nana» 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/310-pg16-part1/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:t9:1
# text = What was Mr Darling dead proud of, innit?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	Mr	Mr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	Darling	darling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	proud	proud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	innit	innit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | proud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **innit** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Being exactly the same as all the other fathers in the square

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:t9:o1:1
# text = Being exactly the same as all the other fathers in the square
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
2	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fathers	father	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as all other fathers in the square; exactly, same *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being just like the neighbours in every single way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:t9:o2:1
# text = Being just like the neighbours in every single way
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | every single way |  | like the neighbours | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Having a fine big house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:t9:o3:1
# text = Having a fine big house
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  | a fine big house |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Patient |

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

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Being just like the neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:310-pg16-part1:t9:o4:1
# text = Being just like the neighbours
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
2	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | like the neighbours | 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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