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title: ngl the spot sounds proper wild, like a jungle — Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: ngl the spot sounds proper wild, like a jungle Test 8 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ngl the spot sounds proper wild, like a jungle

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, spot · **What happens:** ngl, sound

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t8:1
# text = ngl the spot sounds proper wild, like a jungle
1	ngl	ngl	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ngl** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like a jungle | tree rules |
| 2 | **sound** | present | the spot |  |  |  |  | wild *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t8:o1:1
# text = more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden
1	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	snug	snug	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden away from the farmers and the foxes

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t8:o2:1
# text = more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden away from the farmers and the foxes
1	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	snug	snug	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	farmers	farmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	foxes	fox	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide away** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
more like a dull old ditch by a farm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t8:o3:1
# text = more like a dull old ditch by a farm
1	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	ditch	ditch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden, with lots of tall leaves overhead

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1011-pg27200-part222:t8:o4:1
# text = more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden, with lots of tall leaves overhead
1	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	snug	snug	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	parataxis	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
17	overhead	overhead	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
```

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

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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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