--- title: Was Peter being a proper bossy boots? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boy… · tree and pragmatics description: Was Peter being a proper bossy boots? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 322 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a house and she agrees to be their mother» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/322-pg16-part13/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boy…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/322-pg16-part13/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a hous… Was Peter being a proper bossy boots? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Peter · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Peter, proper bossy boots This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 322 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan, part 13: the boys build Wendy a house and she agrees to be their mother» 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/322-pg16-part13/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t13:1 # text = Was Peter being a proper bossy boots? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 2 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 proper proper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 bossy bossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | Peter | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | Peter | a proper bossy boots | | | | | tree rules | 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 {#o1} yeah, he measured everything and checked it all twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t13:o1:1 # text = yeah, he measured everything and checked it all twice 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 measured measure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 checked check VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 all all ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | past | he | everything | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme everything=Value | | 2 | **check** | past | he *not said here* | it | | | | twice *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} nah, he was really nice and let everyone do what they liked ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t13:o2:1 # text = nah, he was really nice and let everyone do what they liked 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 really really ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 8 obj _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 obj _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | nice *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | he *not said here* | everyone | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **do** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 4 | **like** | past | they | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} yeah, he measured everything and checked it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t13:o3:1 # text = yeah, he measured everything and checked it 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 measured measure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 checked check VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | past | he | everything | | | | | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme everything=Value | | 2 | **check** | past | he *not said here* | it | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, he measured the trees twice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:322-pg16-part13:t13:o4:1 # text = yeah, he measured the trees twice 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 measured measure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 7 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **measure** | past | he | the trees | | | | twice *property* | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme tree=Value | **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. 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