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title: Did Michael get the baby sister he wanted, though? — Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Da… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Michael get the baby sister he wanted, though? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 312 «Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the shadow, and the parents blame themselves for that Friday» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 8 · ★ · Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the s…

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Did Michael get the baby sister he wanted, though?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Michael · **What happens:** get, want · **To what, where:** baby sister

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 312 «Peter Pan, The Shadow, part 3: Mrs. Darling rolls up the shadow, and the parents blame themselves for that Friday» 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/312-pg16-part3/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:t8:1
# text = Did Michael get the baby sister he wanted, though?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Michael	Michael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past · do-support | Michael | the baby sister |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sister=Stimulus |
| 2 | **want** | past | Michael | the baby sister *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sister=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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nah, John said no more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:t8:o1:1
# text = nah, John said no more
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John | more |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a little sister

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:t8:o2:1
# text = yeah, a little sister
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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yeah, Mum got him a sister but John said no more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:t8:o3:1
# text = yeah, Mum got him a sister but John said no more
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	John	John	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	no	no	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Mum | a sister | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary sister=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | John | more |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, Mum said no

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:312-pg16-part3:t8:o4:1
# text = nah, Mum said no
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |

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