Sentence:  There <WSD>was</WSD> something not nice about triplets , though their father seemed pleased , showing no disappointment that they had n't been the son he wanted , saying , `` You do n't see triplets trippin ' down the pike ever ' day , Miss Jen , hon . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)