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title: Which description applies to the duration of the contest between the… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which description applies to the duration of the contest between the boy and the general? Exam question 4 of lesson 1351 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestl…

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Which description applies to the duration of the contest between the boy and the general?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description · **What happens:** apply

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1351 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer» 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/1351-pg4018-part11/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e4:1
# text = Which description applies to the duration of the contest between the boy and the general?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | which description |  |  |  |  | to the duration of the contest between the boy and the general | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Long and fierce, lasting most of the afternoon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e4:o1:1
# text = Long and fierce, lasting most of the afternoon
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	lasting	last	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | gerund |  | most of the afternoon |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme most=Value |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Long, ending in a draw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e4:o2:1
# text = Long, ending in a draw
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	ending	end	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	draw	draw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | gerund |  |  |  | a draw |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brief, but very fierce

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e4:o3:1
# text = Brief, but very fierce
1	Brief	brief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Very long, with both of them tired and laughing at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1351-pg4018-part11:e4:o4:1
# text = Very long, with both of them tired and laughing at the end
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nmod	_	_
8	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | gerund |  |  |  |  | at the end |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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