--- title: did Nibs want the gentleman to be a white rat? — Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part… · tree and pragmatics description: did Nibs want the gentleman to be a white rat? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 328 «Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if he is only pretending to be their father, then groans at the story he hates» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/328-pg16-part19/t10/) [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, Wendy's bedtime story, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/328-pg16-part19/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if h… did Nibs want the gentleman to be a white rat? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Nibs, gentleman · **What happens:** want, be · **To what, where:** gentleman, white rat This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 328 «Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if he is only pretending to be their father, then groans at the story he hates» 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/328-pg16-part19/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t10:1 # text = did Nibs want the gentleman to be a white rat? 1 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 Nibs nib NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gentleman gentleman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past · do-support | Nibs | the gentleman | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gentleman=Theme | | 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the gentleman *not said here* | a white rat | | | | | 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} Nah, he didn't, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t10:o1:1 # text = Nah, he didn't, fr 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **do** | past | he | fr | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he said it was cool, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t10:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he said it was cool, fr 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | 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** | past | it | | | | | cool *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Yeah, he said he wished it, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t10:o3:1 # text = Yeah, he said he wished it, fr 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 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **wish** | past | he | it | | | | fr *obl* | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nope, he wished it was a bird, fr ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t10:o4:1 # text = Nope, he wished it was a bird, fr 1 Nope nope INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | he | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a bird and fr | | | | | tree rules | **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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