--- title: how long was the job, like seriously — Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Cov… · tree and pragmatics description: how long was the job, like seriously Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1183-pg3027-part49/t9/) [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/) / [Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Cov…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1183-pg3027-part49/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,… how long was the job, like seriously **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** job This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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/1183-pg3027-part49/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t9:1 # text = how long was the job, like seriously 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the job | | | | long *property* | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} a year, paid at the end ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t9:o1:1 # text = a year, paid at the end 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | participle | | | | | at the end; year | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} twelve months with payment at harvest time ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t9:o2:1 # text = twelve months with payment at harvest time 1 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a whole year, paid after the new year ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t9:o3:1 # text = a whole year, paid after the new year 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 6 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | participle | | a whole year *not said here* | | | year | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} a few months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1183-pg3027-part49:t9:o4:1 # text = a few months 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 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. 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