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title: Bruv, what were the hens and ducks doing, proper noisy innit? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, what were the hens and ducks doing, proper noisy innit? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes…

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Bruv, what were the hens and ducks doing, proper noisy innit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bruv, ducks · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** hens

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» 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/946-pg27200-part157/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t2:1
# text = Bruv, what were the hens and ducks doing, proper noisy innit?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	ducks	duck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
9	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Bruv | the hens and ducks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | ducks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | 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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Flapping about and squawking loudly at the gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t2:o1:1
# text = Flapping about and squawking loudly at the gate
1	Flapping	flap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	about	about	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	squawking	squawk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flap** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about *property* | vn body\_internal\_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **squawk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the gate; loudly *property* | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at gate=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gobbling and honking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t2:o2:1
# text = Gobbling and honking
1	Gobbling	gobble	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	honking	honk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gobble** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **honk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Clucking and quacking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t2:o3:1
# text = Clucking and quacking
1	Clucking	cluck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	quacking	quack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cluck** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **quack** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Clucking and quacking all over the yard like mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t2:o4:1
# text = Clucking and quacking all over the yard like mad
1	Clucking	cluck	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	quacking	quack	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cluck** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | over the yard; like mad | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **quack** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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