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title: Which of the following best describes the duckling's reaction, upon… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the duckling's reaction, upon perceiving his reflection, in the clear stream below? Exam question 1 of lesson 1014 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling flies to the swans, sees his own beauty, and is welcomed» of the books course of Mova's pr
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling fl…

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Which of the following best describes the duckling's reaction, upon perceiving his reflection, in the clear stream below?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** duckling · **What happens:** follow, describe, perceive, react · **To what, where:** reaction, reflection

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1014 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling flies to the swans, sees his own beauty, and is welcomed» 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/1014-pg27200-part225/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the duckling's reaction, upon perceiving his reflection, in the clear stream below?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	duckling	duckling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
21	below	below	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the duckling's reaction |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **perceive** | gerund |  | his reflection |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reflection=Stimulus |
| 4 | **react** |  | the duckling |  |  |  |  |  | nom reaction «process intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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He feels joy and turns away from the swans

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:e1:o1:1
# text = He feels joy and turns away from the swans
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	turns	turn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	swans	swan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | He | joy |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |
| 2 | **turn away** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | the swans |  | away *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from swan=Source |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He is overcome with joy and conceals his face beneath his wing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:e1:o2:1
# text = He is overcome with joy and conceals his face beneath his wing
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	conceals	conceal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcome** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  | with joy | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | present |  | his face |  | his wing |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Patient beneath wing=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is overcome with joy and conceals his face beneath his wing, too happy to even look up

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:e1:o3:1
# text = He is overcome with joy and conceals his face beneath his wing, too happy to even look up
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	overcome	overcome	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	conceals	conceal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	too	too	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
17	even	even	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overcome** | present · passive |  | He |  |  |  | with joy | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **conceal** | present |  | his face |  | his wing |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Patient beneath wing=Location |
| 3 | **look up** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is shy and hides in the reeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1014-pg27200-part225:e1:o4:1
# text = He is shy and hides in the reeds
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	shy	shy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	hides	hide	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | shy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hide** | present | He *not said here* |  |  | the reeds |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in reed=Location |

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