--- title: Why did he bolt out of the farmyard, fam? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics description: Why did he bolt out of the farmyard, fam? Test 7 · ★ 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 opti --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1012-pg27200-part223/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 223: the u… Why did he bolt out of the farmyard, fam? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** bolt · **To what, where:** farmyard This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t7:1 # text = Why did he bolt out of the farmyard, fam? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bolt bolt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 farmyard farmyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bolt** | past · do-support | he | | | the farmyard and fam | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme out farmyard=Initial\_Location | 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} his family was ashamed of how he looked and left him alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t7:o1:1 # text = his family was ashamed of how he looked and left him alone 1 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 alone alone ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | his family | | | | | ashamed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | past | he | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **leave** | past | his family *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} the others kept pecking and hitting him all day long ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t7:o2:1 # text = the others kept pecking and hitting him all day long 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 pecking peck VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 hitting hit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 conj _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 9 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | the others | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **peck** | gerund | the others *not said here* | | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hit** | gerund | the others *not said here* | him *= he* | | | day | long *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} the cat was after him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t7:o3:1 # text = the cat was after him 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the cat | | | | after cat | | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} everyone was bullying him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1012-pg27200-part223:t7:o4:1 # text = everyone was bullying him 1 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 bullying bully VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bully** | past · progressive | everyone | | him *= he* | | | | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | **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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