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title: what did Mr. Darling do to Nana, be honest? — Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did Mr. Darling do to Nana, be honest? Test 11 · ★ 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 qu
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# Test 11 · ★ · Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if h…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did Mr. Darling do to Nana, be honest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, be · **To what, where:** Darling, Nana

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t11:1
# text = what did Mr. Darling do to Nana, be honest?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:desc	_	_
4	Darling	Darling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Nana	Nana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | Darling  Mr. |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent darling=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present |  |  | Nana |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | honest *property* | tree rules |

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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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Chained her up in the yard all night, and that's honestly so harsh

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t11:o1:1
# text = Chained her up in the yard all night, and that's honestly so harsh
1	Chained	chain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain up** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  | night | in the yard | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | harsh, honestly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Locked her in the shed, that's harsh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t11:o2:1
# text = Locked her in the shed, that's harsh
1	Locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past |  | her *= she* |  | the shed |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | harsh *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Locked her in the kitchen, that's harsh af

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t11:o3:1
# text = Locked her in the kitchen, that's harsh af
1	Locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	af	af	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past |  | her *= she* |  | the kitchen |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | that | harsh af |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chained her up in the yard, that's harsh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:328-pg16-part19:t11:o4:1
# text = Chained her up in the yard, that's harsh
1	Chained	chain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chain up** | past |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | in the yard | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | harsh *property* | tree rules |

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