--- title: Ya, the ducks talking about a swallowed ring, is that real or extra? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the go… · tree and pragmatics description: Ya, the ducks talking about a swallowed ring, is that real or extra? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 760 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the false brides and the white dove's song» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/760-pg2591-part36/t10/) [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's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the go…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/760-pg2591-part36/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the fa… Ya, the ducks talking about a swallowed ring, is that real or extra? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ducks, Ya · **What happens:** talk, swallow, be This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 760 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Ashputtel: the golden slipper, the false brides and the white dove's song» 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/760-pg2591-part36/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:t10:1 # text = Ya, the ducks talking about a swallowed ring, is that real or extra? 1 Ya Ya PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ducks duck NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 appos _ _ 5 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 swallowed swallow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **talk** | gerund | the ducks *not said here* | | | | | about a swallowed ring | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about ring=Topic | | 2 | **swallow** | participle | | | | | | | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | Ya | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | Ya *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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} it's extra, but the duck said so, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:t10:o1:1 # text = it's extra, but the duck said so, bro 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | extra *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the duck | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the duck said it, so it's real ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:t10:o2:1 # text = the duck said it, so it's real 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the duck | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | duck | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} the duck said it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:t10:o3:1 # text = the duck said it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 duck duck NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the duck | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} it's real, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:760-pg2591-part36:t10:o4:1 # text = it's real, bro 1 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | bro *vocative*; real *property* | tree rules | **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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