--- title: Was the dog gonna eat him, or nah? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckl… · tree and pragmatics description: Was the dog gonna eat him, or nah? Test 7 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1148-pg3027-part14/t7/) [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/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 14: the du… Was the dog gonna eat him, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, eat · **To what, where:** dog This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t7:1 # text = Was the dog gonna eat him, or nah? 1 Was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 gonna gonna PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 eat eat VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the dog | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **eat** | infinitive | | dog | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | 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} no, it just sniffed him and then left quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t7:o1:1 # text = no, it just sniffed him and then left quickly 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sniffed sniff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | past | it | him *= he* | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | past | | | | | then | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} no, it just sniffed and left the yard at once ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t7:o2:1 # text = no, it just sniffed and left the yard at once 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sniffed sniff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | past | it | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** | past | | the yard | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent yard=Theme at once=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} no, it just barked and ran ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t7:o3:1 # text = no, it just barked and ran 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 barked bark VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bark** | past | it | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run** | past | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} no, it just sniffed and left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1148-pg3027-part14:t7:o4:1 # text = no, it just sniffed and left 1 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sniffed sniff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff** | past | it | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **leave** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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