--- title: wait, the leaves were so tall a kid could stand under, that's mad — Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p… · tree and pragmatics description: wait, the leaves were so tall a kid could stand under, that's mad Test 13 · ★ 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 and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1011-pg27200-part222/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1011-pg27200-part222/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings… wait, the leaves were so tall a kid could stand under, that's mad **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, leaves, kid, that · **What happens:** wait, be, stand under This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t13:1 # text = wait, the leaves were so tall a kid could stand under, that's mad 1 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 under under ADP IN _ 11 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 mad mad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the leaves | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **stand under** | could | a kid | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | that | | | | | mad *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} yeah, the leaves were proper giant ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t13:o1:1 # text = yeah, the leaves were proper giant 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 proper properly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the leaves | | | | | giant, properly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} yes, they were really very tall ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t13:o2:1 # text = yes, they were really very tall 1 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | they | | | | | tall *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} yeah, taller than the old fence ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t13:o3:1 # text = yeah, taller than the old fence 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fence fence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, the leaves were proper giant, and the babies could hide under them easily ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t13:o4:1 # text = yeah, the leaves were proper giant, and the babies could hide under them easily 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 leaves leaf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 proper properly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 babies baby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 12 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 hide hide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 14 under under ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 16 easily easily ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the leaves | | | | | giant, properly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hide** | could | the babies | | | | | under leaves *= leaf*; easily *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under they=Location | **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. 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