--- title: how long was it chill in China? — Myths and Legends of China, The Empres… · tree and pragmatics description: how long was it chill in China? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1387-pg4018-part47/t9/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Myths and Legends of China, The Empres…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1387-pg4018-part47/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and… how long was it chill in China? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** China This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1387 «Myths and Legends of China, The Empress Jokwa: the Sun and Moon come back to light» 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/1387-pg4018-part47/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t9:1 # text = how long was it chill in China? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 chill chill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | it | | | China | | chill, long *property* | tree rules | 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} Until the next full moon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t9:o1:1 # text = Until the next full moon 1 Until until ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Only a few days, sadly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t9:o2:1 # text = Only a few days, sadly 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 sadly sadly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} For centuries after, under the reign of Empress Jokwa and her sons ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t9:o3:1 # text = For centuries after, under the reign of Empress Jokwa and her sons 1 For for ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 after after ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reign reign NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Empress Empress PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 Jokwa Jokwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Ages, under Empress Jokwa's reign ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1387-pg4018-part47:t9:o4:1 # text = Ages, under Empress Jokwa's reign 1 Ages Age PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 Empress Empress PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ _ 5 Jokwa Jokwa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 7 reign reign NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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