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title: What was the approximate distance between the palace and the distant… — Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the approximate distance between the palace and the distant province? Exam question 2 of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 2 · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…

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What was the approximate distance between the palace and the distant province?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** approximate distance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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/1255-pg3282-part56/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e2:1
# text = What was the approximate distance between the palace and the distant province?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the approximate distance |  |  |  | between the palace and the distant province | 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 {#o1}

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Six or seven days' march

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e2:o1:1
# text = Six or seven days' march
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ten days' journey across the desert and mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e2:o2:1
# text = Ten days' journey across the desert and mountains
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** |  | Ten days |  |  | the desert and mountains |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent across=place |

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

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Four or five days' journey

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e2:o3:1
# text = Four or five days' journey
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **journey** |  | Four days |  |  |  |  |  | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Several weeks' hard travel by road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1255-pg3282-part56:e2:o4:1
# text = Several weeks' hard travel by road
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** |  | Several weeks |  |  |  |  |  | nom travel «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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