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title: The giant was asleep for how long? — d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Tr… · tree and pragmatics
description: The giant was asleep for how long? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Test 7 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the bo…

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The giant was asleep for how long?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** giant · **What happens:** be

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» 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/1189-pg3027-part55/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t7:1
# text = The giant was asleep for how long?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the giant |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A quarter of an hour, so he had to be quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t7:o1:1
# text = A quarter of an hour, so he had to be quick
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	cop	_	_
12	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | a quarter of a hour |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | a quarter of a hour *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Half an hour, so he had to be quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t7:o2:1
# text = Half an hour, so he had to be quick
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	cop	_	_
10	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | he |  |  |  | hour |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A quarter of an hour, so he had to be really quick and not make a sound

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t7:o3:1
# text = A quarter of an hour, so he had to be really quick and not make a sound
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	really	really	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	ccomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
15	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | to-infinitive | a quarter of a hour *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **make** | past | a quarter of a hour | a sound |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A whole night long, so the boy could slip out of the castle gates unseen by anyone at all

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1189-pg3027-part55:t7:o4:1
# text = A whole night long, so the boy could slip out of the castle gates unseen by anyone at all
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	slip	slip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	out	out	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
16	unseen	unseen	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip out** | could | the boy | the castle gates |  |  | night | by anyone | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent gate=Patient |

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