--- title: Real talk, why did the hen tell him to hold his tongue? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics description: Real talk, why did the hen tell him to hold his tongue? Test 5 · ★ 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 of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1013-pg27200-part224/t5/) [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/1013-pg27200-part224/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the d… Real talk, why did the hen tell him to hold his tongue? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** hen · **What happens:** tell, hold · **To what, where:** him, tongue · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t5:1 # text = Real talk, why did the hen tell him to hold his tongue? 1 Real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 talk talk NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 iobj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 tongue tongue NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the hen | | him *= he* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **hold** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the hen *not said here* | his tongue | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme | 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} He was too young to speak ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t5:o1:1 # text = He was too young to speak 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He had no egg-laying skills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t5:o2:1 # text = He had no egg-laying skills 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 4 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 laying lay VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 skills skill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | He | no laying skills | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Patient | | 2 | **lay** | gerund | | | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was too loud ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t5:o3:1 # text = He was too loud 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | loud *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was clumsy and kept knocking over the milk pan and the chairs ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1013-pg27200-part224:t5:o4:1 # text = He was clumsy and kept knocking over the milk pan and the chairs 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 clumsy clumsy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 knocking knock VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 milk milk NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 chairs chair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | clumsy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past | He *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **knock** | gerund | He *not said here* | | | the milk pan and the chairs | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over pan=Location | **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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