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title: Was Dad being peak, or what, when he poured his meds in Nana's bowl? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 4: Father's… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Dad being peak, or what, when he poured his meds in Nana's bowl? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 313 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 4: Father's bad medicine, Nana tied up, the stars call for the grown-ups to leave» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Test 4 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 4: Father's bad medicine, Nana…

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Was Dad being peak, or what, when he poured his meds in Nana's bowl?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** be, pour · **To what, where:** Dad, peak, meds, bowl

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 313 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 4: Father's bad medicine, Nana tied up, the stars call for the grown-ups to leave» 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/313-pg16-part4/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:313-pg16-part4:t4:1
# text = Was Dad being peak, or what, when he poured his meds in Nana's bowl?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	csubj	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	cop	_	_
4	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	poured	pour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	meds	med	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	Nana	Nana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Dad |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | peak |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pour** | past | he | his meds |  | Nana's bowl |  |  | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent med=Patient |

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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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He was bored

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:313-pg16-part4:t4:o1:1
# text = He was bored
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He said it was a joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:313-pg16-part4:t4:o2:1
# text = He said it was a joke
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a joke |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He said it was a prank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:313-pg16-part4:t4:o3:1
# text = He said it was a prank
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prank	prank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | it | a prank |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A joke

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:313-pg16-part4:t4:o4:1
# text = A joke
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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