Question

The peon rang the bell.
Transitive or Intransitive?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The sentence $\textsf{'The peon rang the bell.'}$ is transitive.

It is to be noted that we can ask the sentence the following question:

$\textsf{The peon rang \textbf{what}?}$ OR $\textsf{\textbf{What} did the peon ring?}$

It is the answer of these questions, i.e. the bell, which makes this sentence transitive.

I hope this helps. :D