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title: For what purpose did the peasant convey the frozen duckling to his d… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: For what purpose did the peasant convey the frozen duckling to his dwelling? Exam question 4 of lesson 1013 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the duckling survives the hunters, a cottage, and a freezing winter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the d…

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For what purpose did the peasant convey the frozen duckling to his dwelling?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, peasant · **What happens:** do, convey, freeze · **To what, where:** frozen duckling, dwelling

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1013 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the duckling survives the hunters, a cottage, and a freezing winter» 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/1013-pg27200-part224/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:e4:1
# text = For what purpose did the peasant convey the frozen duckling to his dwelling?
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	duckling	duckling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | purpose |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **convey** | infinitive | the peasant | the frozen duckling | peasant's dwelling |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent duckling=Topic to dwelling=Recipient |
| 3 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To revive him by means of warmth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:e4:o1:1
# text = To revive him by means of warmth
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	revive	revive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **revive** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of warmth | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To sell him at the market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:e4:o2:1
# text = To sell him at the market
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	sell	sell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* | the market |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Theme at market=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To keep him as a pet for winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:e4:o3:1
# text = To keep him as a pet for winter
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  | winter | as a pet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To nurse him back to health slowly with warm food and a soft bed by the fire

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:e4:o4:1
# text = To nurse him back to health slowly with warm food and a soft bed by the fire
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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

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