--- title: Wait, what did the other ducks do to him, like, all the time? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, what did the other ducks do to him, like, all the time? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1148 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 14: the duckling is bullied, flees to the moor, survives the hunt and reaches a cottage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1148-pg3027-part14/t4/) [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/1148-pg3027-part14/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 14: the du… Wait, what did the other ducks do to him, like, all the time? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, other ducks · **What happens:** wait, do · **To what, where:** him This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1148 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 14: the duckling is bullied, flees to the moor, survives the hunt and reaches a cottage» 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/1148-pg3027-part14/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t4:1 # text = Wait, what did the other ducks do to him, like, all the time? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 like like INTJ UH _ 16 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **do** | past · do-support | the other ducks | | him *= he* | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} they teased and kicked him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t4:o1:1 # text = they teased and kicked him 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 teased tease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 kicked kick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | past | they | | | | | | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kick** | past | they *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} they mocked and nipped him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t4:o2:1 # text = they mocked and nipped him 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 nipped nip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mock** | past | they | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **nip** | past | they *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} they mocked him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t4:o3:1 # text = they mocked him 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mocked mock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mock** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} they nipped him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t4:o4:1 # text = they nipped him 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 nipped nip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **nip** | past | they | him *= he* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=Theme | **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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