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title: Sus question, what did the duckling do after the swans vanished? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sus question, what did the duckling do after the swans vanished? Test 10 · ★ 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 tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the d…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sus question, what did the duckling do after the swans vanished?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sus question, swans · **What happens:** do, vanish · **To what, where:** duckling

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t10:1
# text = Sus question, what did the duckling do after the swans vanished?
1	Sus	suspect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	duckling	duckling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Sus question | the duckling |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duckling=Eventuality |
| 2 | **vanish** | present · do-support | the swans |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dived under the water and rose again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t10:o1:1
# text = Dived under the water and rose again
1	Dived	dive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | participle |  |  |  | the water |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under water=Location |
| 2 | **rise** | past |  |  |  |  | again |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He searched for the swans along the whole length of the river until nightfall came down

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t10:o2:1
# text = He searched for the swans along the whole length of the river until nightfall came down
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	searched	search	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
14	nightfall	nightfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
16	down	down	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **search** | past | He |  |  | the whole length of the river |  | for the swans | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for swan=Theme along length=Location |
| 2 | **come down** | past | nightfall |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He hid among the reeds quietly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t10:o3:1
# text = He hid among the reeds quietly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	among	among	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | He |  |  | the reeds |  | quietly *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among reed=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He dived under the water and rose again, then flew back to the cottage

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t10:o4:1
# text = He dived under the water and rose again, then flew back to the cottage
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dived	dive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dive** | past | He |  |  | the water |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under water=Location |
| 2 | **rise** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  | again |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fly back** | past |  |  |  | the cottage | then |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Destination |

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