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title: Ngl, what did the duckling do when that huge dog came close? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what did the duckling do when that huge dog came close? Test 12 · ★ 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 of the quest
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 223: the u…

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Ngl, what did the duckling do when that huge dog came close?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl, huge dog · **What happens:** do, come · **To what, where:** duckling

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t12:1
# text = Ngl, what did the duckling do when that huge dog came close?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	duckling	duckling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
13	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Ngl | the duckling |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duckling=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | Ngl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **come** | past | that huge dog |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

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hid his head under his wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t12:o1:1
# text = hid his head under his wing
1	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past |  | his head |  | his wing |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent head=Patient under wing=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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tucked his head under his wing and lay still in the rushes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t12:o2:1
# text = tucked his head under his wing and lay still in the rushes
1	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
9	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rushes	rush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | past |  | his head |  | his wing |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme under wing=Trajectory |
| 2 | **lay** | infinitive |  |  |  | the rushes | still |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in rush=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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froze with his head hidden under his wing while the dog sniffed about

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t12:o3:1
# text = froze with his head hidden under his wing while the dog sniffed about
1	froze	freeze	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	sniffed	sniff	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
13	about	about	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past |  |  |  |  |  | with his head | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»: with head=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | his head *not said here* |  | his wing |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under wing=Location |
| 3 | **sniff** | past | the dog |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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flew up into the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t12:o4:1
# text = flew up into the trees
1	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly up** | past |  |  |  |  |  | into the trees *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into tree=Result |

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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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