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title: Where was Mrs. D waiting, the one with sad eyes? — Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where was Mrs. D waiting, the one with sad eyes? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 7 · ★ · Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks…

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Where was Mrs. D waiting, the one with sad eyes?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mrs. D waiting · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 337 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan and Wendy, part 28: Mr. Darling sulks in the kennel; Peter bars the window» 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/337-pg16-part28/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t7:1
# text = Where was Mrs. D waiting, the one with sad eyes?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	Mrs.	Mrs.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	D	D	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	waiting	waiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Mrs. D waiting |  |  |  |  | where *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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By the kitchen fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t7:o1:1
# text = By the kitchen fire
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Sitting by the piano in the drawing-room below the stairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t7:o2:1
# text = Sitting by the piano in the drawing-room below the stairs
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	piano	piano	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	below	below	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | the drawing room below the stairs |  | by the piano | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by piano=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Waiting in the hallway, looking out at the street through the cold glass door

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t7:o3:1
# text = Waiting in the hallway, looking out at the street through the cold glass door
1	Waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hallway	hallway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	through	through	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  | the hallway |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hallway=Location |
| 2 | **look out** | gerund |  |  |  | the street |  | through the cold glass door | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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

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In the night-nursery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:337-pg16-part28:t7:o4:1
# text = In the night-nursery
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	nursery	nursery	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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