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title: Donald Duck in cartoons walks about on the ice all winter in a sailo… — Ducks, geese and farm myths · tree and pragmatics
description: Donald Duck in cartoons walks about on the ice all winter in a sailor's top. What keeps a real duck warm on ice? Test 12 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» of the biology 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 12 · ★★ · Ducks, geese and farm myths

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Donald Duck in cartoons walks about on the ice all winter in a sailor's top. What keeps a real duck warm on ice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Donald · **What happens:** walk, keep · **To what, where:** ice, real duck

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This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 213 «Ducks, geese and farm myths» of the biology 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/biology/213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths/#t12).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Donald Duck in cartoons walks about on the ice all winter in a sailor's top.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t12:1
# text = Donald Duck in cartoons walks about on the ice all winter in a sailor's top.
1	Donald	Donald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	Duck	Duck	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	sailor	sailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | Donald in cartoons |  |  | the ice | winter | in a sailor's top; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ice=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What keeps a real duck warm on ice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t12:2
# text = What keeps a real duck warm on ice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present |  | a real duck |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ducks feel no cold at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t12:o1:1
# text = Ducks feel no cold at all
1	Ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feel	feel	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | Ducks | no cold |  | all |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cold=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A jacket of thick fur

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t12:o2:1
# text = A jacket of thick fur
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Heat swapped between blood vessels in its legs and its waterproof feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t12:o3:1
# text = Heat swapped between blood vessels in its legs and its waterproof feathers
1	Heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	swapped	swap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	vessels	vessel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	legs	leg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	waterproof	waterproof	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swap** | past | Heat |  |  | Heat's legs and Heat's waterproof feathers |  | between blood vessels | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ducks keep warm by quacking loudly and flapping their wings all night on the ice

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:213-ducks-geese-and-farm-myths:t12:o4:1
# text = Ducks keep warm by quacking loudly and flapping their wings all night on the ice
1	Ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	quacking	quack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
9	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Ducks |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **quack** | gerund | Ducks *not said here* |  |  | the ice | night | loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **flap** | gerund | Ducks *not said here* | Ducks's wings |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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