--- title: What was the duration of the celebrations that followed the illustri… — Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the pri… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the duration of the celebrations that followed the illustrious marriage? Exam question 3 of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1094-pg29021-part19/e3/) [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/) / [Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the pri…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1094-pg29021-part19/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised… What was the duration of the celebrations that followed the illustrious marriage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** duration, celebrations · **What happens:** be, follow · **To what, where:** illustrious marriage This is exam question 3 of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» 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/1094-pg29021-part19/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e3:1 # text = What was the duration of the celebrations that followed the illustrious marriage? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 celebrations celebration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 illustrious illustrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the duration of the celebrations | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | past | the celebrations | the illustrious marriage | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Far longer than anyone in the kingdom had expected to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e3:o1:1 # text = Far longer than anyone in the kingdom had expected to see 1 Far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 2 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 3 than than SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 4 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | anyone | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | anyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nearly three months of feasting and dancing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e3:o2:1 # text = Nearly three months of feasting and dancing 1 Nearly nearly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 dancing dancing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nearly three months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e3:o3:1 # text = Nearly three months 1 Nearly nearly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Almost two months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1094-pg29021-part19:e3:o4:1 # text = Almost two months 1 Almost almost ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. - ← previous: [Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the pri…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1094-pg29021-part19/e2/) - next →: [Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the pri…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1094-pg29021-part19/e4/) - ↑ back to [Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1094-pg29021-part19/)