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title: Bruv, how long did the lot of them take to get to the castle? — Mabinogion, Kilweh and Olwen, part 63:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bruv, how long did the lot of them take to get to the castle? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1338 «Mabinogion, Kilweh and Olwen, part 63: Kilweh wins Arthur's boon, rides off with Kai and six others, and meets Custennin's wife, who hides a youth in a chest» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with t
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# Test 8 · ★ · Mabinogion, Kilweh and Olwen, part 63: Kilweh wins Arthur'…

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Bruv, how long did the lot of them take to get to the castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lot · **What happens:** do, take, get

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1338 «Mabinogion, Kilweh and Olwen, part 63: Kilweh wins Arthur's boon, rides off with Kai and six others, and meets Custennin's wife, who hides a youth in a chest» 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/1338-pg3454-part63/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1338-pg3454-part63:t8:1
# text = Bruv, how long did the lot of them take to get to the castle?
1	Bruv	Bruv	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nmod	_	_
10	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | Bruv *vocative*; long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | the lot of them |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **get** | to-infinitive | the lot of them *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the castle *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result |

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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}

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three days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1338-pg3454-part63:t8:o1:1
# text = three days
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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three weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1338-pg3454-part63:t8:o2:1
# text = three weeks
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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five days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1338-pg3454-part63:t8:o3:1
# text = five days
1	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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three days and three nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1338-pg3454-part63:t8:o4:1
# text = three days and three nights
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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