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title: So who was the duck with the red flag tied to her leg? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: So who was the duck with the red flag tied to her leg? Test 14 · ★ 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 an
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# Test 14 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 223: the u…

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So who was the duck with the red flag tied to her leg?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, tie · **To what, where:** duck, red flag

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t14:1
# text = So who was the duck with the red flag tied to her leg?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the duck |  |  |  | with the red flag | tree rules |
| 2 | **tie** | participle |  | the red flag *not said here* |  |  |  | to duck's leg | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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the duck with a ribbon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t14:o1:1
# text = the duck with a ribbon
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the hen who lived near the farm and wore a red rag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t14:o2:1
# text = the hen who lived near the farm and wore a red rag
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
9	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rag	rag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the hen |  |  | the farm |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near farm=Location |
| 2 | **wear** | past | the hen | a red rag |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rag=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the old duck with the red flag tied to her leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t14:o3:1
# text = the old duck with the red flag tied to her leg
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	flag	flag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | the red flag *not said here* |  |  |  | to duck's leg | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to leg=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the old duck with the rag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t14:o4:1
# text = the old duck with the rag
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rag	rag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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