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title: That dog was scary af, right? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: That dog was scary af, right? Test 13 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 223: the u…

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That dog was scary af, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** scary af

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t13:1
# text = That dog was scary af, right?
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	af	af	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | that dog | scary af |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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nose sniffing the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t13:o1:1
# text = nose sniffing the ground
1	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	sniffing	sniff	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sniff** | gerund | nose *not said here* | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ground=Theme |

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

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jaws open and eyes glaring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t13:o2:1
# text = jaws open and eyes glaring
1	jaws	jaw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	open	open	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	glaring	glaring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | jaws |  |  |  |  | glaring *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his fur bristling and his paws stamping on the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t13:o3:1
# text = his fur bristling and his paws stamping on the bank
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fur	fur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bristling	bristle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	paws	paw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	stamping	stamp	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bristle** | gerund | his fur and his paws *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **stamp** | gerund | his fur and his paws *not said here* |  |  | the bank |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bank=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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showing all his teeth and barking at the ducks loudly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t13:o4:1
# text = showing all his teeth and barking at the ducks loudly
1	showing	show	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	teeth	tooth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	barking	bark	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | gerund |  | his teeth |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent tooth=Recipient |
| 2 | **bark** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the ducks; loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at duck=Stimulus |

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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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