--- title: Did the duck fall for the breadcrumbs, or nah? — Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the duck fall for the breadcrumbs, or nah? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of ea --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/754-pg2591-part30/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/) / [Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/754-pg2591-part30/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lo… Did the duck fall for the breadcrumbs, or nah? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** duck · **What happens:** fall This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 754 «Grimm, Little Snow-White, part 30: the witch chases the lovers, Roland forgets, and Snowdrop is sent into the wood» 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/754-pg2591-part30/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t4:1 # text = Did the duck fall for the breadcrumbs, or nah? 1 Did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 breadcrumbs breadcrumb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · do-support | the duck | | | | | for the breadcrumbs | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for breadcrumb=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 {#o1} Yeah, the duck ate them all up and then swam straight to the witch. ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t4:o1:1 # text = Yeah, the duck ate them all up and then swam straight to the witch. 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 12 straight straight ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | the duck | them *= they* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 2 | **swim** | past | the duck *not said here* | the witch | | | then | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location witch=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, it ate them all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, it ate them all 1 Yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | it | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, the duck just swam away and wouldn't come near the bank at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, the duck just swam away and wouldn't come near the bank at all 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 swam swim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 away away ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 10 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 11 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 12 near near ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swim away** | past | the duck | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **come** | would | the duck *not said here* | | | the bank | | at all | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near bank=Location | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nah, the duck wouldn't come ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:754-pg2591-part30:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, the duck wouldn't come 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **come** | would | the duck | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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