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title: Be real, how long did the duckling chill in the rushes after the sho… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Be real, how long did the duckling chill in the rushes after the shots? Test 2 · ★ 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 prag
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the d…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Be real, how long did the duckling chill in the rushes after the shots?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** duckling chill, rushes

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t2:1
# text = Be real, how long did the duckling chill in the rushes after the shots?
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
6	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	duckling	duckling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rushes	rush	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
13	after	after	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	shots	shot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  | the duckling chill |  | the rushes after the shots |  | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chill=Eventuality |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like the whole morning and then some more hours until the sun went down over the moor

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t2:o1:1
# text = Like the whole morning and then some more hours until the sun went down over the moor
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
7	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	9	amod	_	_
9	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	down	down	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | past | the sun |  |  | the moor | morning | down *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme over moor=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Till the hunters had all gone home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t2:o2:1
# text = Till the hunters had all gone home
1	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hunters	hunter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the hunters | gone home |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Till late in the day, then hours more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t2:o3:1
# text = Till late in the day, then hours more
1	Till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Till the next morning, like the whole night and then the next day too

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t2:o4:1
# text = Till the next morning, like the whole night and then the next day too
1	Till	till	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	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	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
15	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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

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