--- title: Which bird did the old duck suppose the unhatched egg to belong to? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics description: Which bird did the old duck suppose the unhatched egg to belong to? Exam question 2 of lesson 1012 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 223: the ugly duckling hatches, is scorned, and flees to a moor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1012-pg27200-part223/e2/) [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 Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1012-pg27200-part223/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 223: the u… Which bird did the old duck suppose the unhatched egg to belong to? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** bird · **What happens:** suppose, belong · **To what, where:** unhatched egg This is exam question 2 of lesson 1012 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 223: the ugly duckling hatches, is scorned, and flees to a moor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1012-pg27200-part223/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:e2:1 # text = Which bird did the old duck suppose the unhatched egg to belong to? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 unhatched unhatched ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 belong belong VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suppose** | past · do-support | which bird | the unhatched egg | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent egg=Attribute | | 2 | **belong** | to-infinitive | which bird *not said here* | the unhatched egg *not said here* | | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | 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} a turkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:e2:o1:1 # text = a turkey 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a turkey bird from the big farm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:e2:o2:1 # text = a turkey bird from the big farm 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} some sort of huge turkey from far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:e2:o3:1 # text = some sort of huge turkey from far away 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 turkey turkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sort** | | | huge turkey | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a peacock ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:e2:o4:1 # text = a peacock 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 peacock peacock NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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