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title: Which of the following describes the interval granted to the wife by… — Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the interval granted to the wife by Blue Beard before her execution? Exam question 1 of lesson 1080 «Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive in time, Blue Beard dies, and she inherits his wealth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 1 · Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive i…

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Which of the following describes the interval granted to the wife by Blue Beard before her execution?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** wife · **What happens:** follow, be, grant, execute · **To what, where:** interval, wife

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1080 «Perrault's Tales, Blue Beard: the wife's brothers arrive in time, Blue Beard dies, and she inherits his wealth» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1080-pg29021-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the interval granted to the wife by Blue Beard before her execution?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Beard	beard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	before	before	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	execution	execution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the interval | tree rules |
| 3 | **grant** | participle |  | the interval *not said here* | the wife |  | before wife's execution | by Blue Beard | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to wife=Goal |
| 4 | **execute** |  | wife |  |  |  |  |  | nom execution «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a short interval of about half an hour to pray

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = a short interval of about half an hour to pray
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pray** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour granted at her request, to pray before death

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = a brief interval of half a quarter of an hour granted at her request, to pray before death
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brief	brief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	7	det:predet	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	pray	pray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
18	before	before	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | participle |  | a hour *not said here* |  | interval's request |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pray** | to-infinitive | a brief interval of half quarter of a hour |  |  |  | before death |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **request** |  | interval |  |  |  |  |  | nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a long interval of several days to prepare

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1080-pg29021-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = a long interval of several days to prepare
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	prepare	prepare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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