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title: What did the tiny bells rung by the mermaids' doors signify to Peter? — Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Ho… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the tiny bells rung by the mermaids' doors signify to Peter? Exam question 4 of lesson 326 «Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Peter helpless, Wendy flies off on Michael's kite, and the Never bird comes to save him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the 
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# Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Pet…

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What did the tiny bells rung by the mermaids' doors signify to Peter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tiny bells · **What happens:** do, ring, signify · **To what, where:** tiny bells, Peter

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 326 «Peter Pan, The Never Bird, part 17: Hook's bite leaves Peter helpless, Wendy flies off on Michael's kite, and the Never bird comes to save him» 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/326-pg16-part17/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e4:1
# text = What did the tiny bells rung by the mermaids' doors signify to Peter?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
6	rung	ring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	signify	signify	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **ring** | participle |  | the tiny bells *not said here* |  |  |  | by the mermaids's doors | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by door=Location |
| 3 | **signify** | present | the tiny bells |  | Peter |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to peter=Attribute |

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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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the mermaids' doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = the mermaids' doors
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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the opening and closing of their doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = the opening and closing of their doors
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	closing	closing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the signal that the mermaids were leaving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = the signal that the mermaids were leaving
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · progressive | the mermaids | the signal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the sounds of the mermaids' homes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:326-pg16-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = the sounds of the mermaids' homes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mermaids	mermaid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	homes	home	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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