--- title: What was the nature of Peter's response when Wendy asked after Tinke… — Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up a… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the nature of Peter's response when Wendy asked after Tinker Bell? Exam question 4 of lesson 339 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about Neverland» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/339-pg16-part30/e4/) [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: Wendy grows up a…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/339-pg16-part30/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about… What was the nature of Peter's response when Wendy asked after Tinker Bell? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** nature, Wendy · **What happens:** be, ask This is exam question 4 of lesson 339 «Peter Pan, Peter Pan: Wendy grows up and tells Jane about Neverland» 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/339-pg16-part30/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:e4:1 # text = What was the nature of Peter's response when Wendy asked after Tinker Bell? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 Peter Peter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 Wendy Wendy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 Tinker Tinker PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 Bell Bell PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the nature of Peter's response | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Wendy | | | | after Tinker Bell | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} He said he did not know ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:e4:o1:1 # text = He said he did not know 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 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 clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **know** | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} He asked who she was and whether she was a fairy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:e4:o2:1 # text = He asked who she was and whether she was a fairy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 2 ccomp _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | she | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | past | she | a fairy | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He asked who she meant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:e4:o3:1 # text = He asked who she meant 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **mean** | past | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} He asked who she was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:339-pg16-part30:e4:o4:1 # text = He asked who she was 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 2 ccomp _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | she | | | | | | 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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