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title: yo, did u read the duckling bit? the mum duck was SO bored sitting o… — Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did u read the duckling bit? the mum duck was SO bored sitting on them eggs Test 1 · ★ of lesson 1011 «Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings hatch under the burdock leaves» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did u read the duckling bit? the mum duck was SO bored sitting on them eggs

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, mum duck · **What happens:** read, be, sit · **To what, where:** duckling bit, eggs

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1011 «Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings hatch under the burdock leaves» of the books 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/books/1011-pg27200-part222/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t1:1
# text = yo, did u read the duckling bit? the mum duck was SO bored sitting on them eggs
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	duckling	duckling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	SO	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	bored	bored	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	parataxis	_	_
16	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	advcl	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obl	_	_
19	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past · do-support | u | the duckling bit |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | the mum duck |  |  |  |  | bored *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sit** | gerund | the mum duck *not said here* | eggs |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme on they=Location |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
no, she loved sitting on them all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t1:o1:1
# text = no, she loved sitting on them all day
1	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sit** *not said to happen* | gerund | she *not said here* |  |  |  | day | on them *= they* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on they=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
right, it took forever for them to crack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t1:o2:1
# text = right, it took forever for them to crack
1	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | it |  |  |  |  | for them *= they*; forever *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for they=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **crack** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
right, it took forever for them to crack, and she was really fed up with waiting around

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t1:o3:1
# text = right, it took forever for them to crack, and she was really fed up with waiting around
1	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	crack	crack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
18	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
19	around	around	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | it |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **crack** | to-infinitive | them *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 4 | **wait around** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she was sooo fed up waiting, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t1:o4:1
# text = yeah, she was sooo fed up waiting, lol
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	sooo	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	fed	feed	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feed up** | past · passive |  | she |  |  |  |  | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **wait** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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