How should West proceed?

[AL78]

MPs, playing Acol weak NT with an inexperienced partner I picked up this hand:

 

♠Q

♥2

♦AKT82

♣AKQT76

 

I opened 1♣, partner responded 1♥, I bid 2♦, partner did a panic pass because she didn't know what to do and hadn't appreciated a reverse is forcing.

 

Partner held:

 

♠KJ73

♥QJ94

♦973

♣95

 

I can understand partner's lack of enthusiasm with a minimal response and none of the HCP in my suits, and when I cashed the two top diamonds and led the spade queen, South ducked so I emerged with 11 tricks. 3NT is cold and was the popular contract.

 

Assuming the absence of Lebensohl, would you say 2NT is a reasonable second bid opposite the reverse?

[pescetom]

No real experience in Acol, but 2♠ looks more reasonable than 2NT, excluding some agreement where the latter is appropriate (no experience of Lebensohl over reverse or Ingbermann, I wouldn't use 2NT Moderateur here).

In any case all roads lead to 3NT.

 

Not recognising forcing bids is a serious problem and sometimes an excuse for masterminding.