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title: how long did he keep the promise, for real? — Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a… · tree and pragmatics
description: how long did he keep the promise, for real? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
how long did he keep the promise, for real?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** promise

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1216 «Brazilian Tales, The Yara, part 17: a voice in the forest and a promise» 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/1216-pg3282-part17/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t8:1
# text = how long did he keep the promise, for real?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | he | the promise |  |  |  | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three nights, and then he cracked, because the forest kept calling him every single evening

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t8:o1:1
# text = three nights, and then he cracked, because the forest kept calling him every single evening
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	xcomp	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
16	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | three nights |  |  |  | then |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | past | the forest |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | gerund | the forest *not said here* |  | forest |  | evening |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
he kept it for a whole week before he finally cracked and went back to the forest pools again

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t8:o2:1
# text = he kept it for a whole week before he finally cracked and went back to the forest pools again
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	pools	pool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he | it |  |  | week |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **crack** | past | he |  |  |  |  | finally *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 3 | **go back** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  | again | to the forest pools *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to pool=Result |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three nights, then he cracked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t8:o3:1
# text = three nights, then he cracked
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cracked	crack	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crack** | past | three nights |  |  |  | then |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
four nights then he gave in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1216-pg3282-part17:t8:o4:1
# text = four nights then he gave in
1	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give in** | past | he |  |  |  | then; night |  | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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**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.

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