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title: what did the thirtieth duck do that the others didn't? — Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Mil… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the thirtieth duck do that the others didn't? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 11 · ★ · Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan m…

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what did the thirtieth duck do that the others didn't?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** thirtieth duck, others · **What happens:** do, not do · **To what, where:** thirtieth duck

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1908 «Czech and Slovak Tales, Kojata and Milan, part 45: Milan meets a magician's daughter and is set three tasks underground» 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/1908-pg7277-part45/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:t11:1
# text = what did the thirtieth duck do that the others didn't?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	thirtieth	thirtieth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the thirtieth duck |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duck=Eventuality |
| 2 | **do** | present | the thirtieth duck *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **do** | past | the others |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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it was the only one who spoke to Milan out loud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:t11:o1:1
# text = it was the only one who spoke to Milan out loud
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Milan	Milan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	loud	loud	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | the only one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **speak out** *speech: other* | past | the only one |  | Milan |  |  | loud, out *property* | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to milan=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it couldn't get to land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:t11:o2:1
# text = it couldn't get to land
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | could | it | land |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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it could swim faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:t11:o3:1
# text = it could swim faster
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swim** | could | it |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it stayed on the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1908-pg7277-part45:t11:o4:1
# text = it stayed on the water
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | past | it |  |  | the water |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Location |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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