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title: How long was he off gallivanting, then? — The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: How long was he off gallivanting, then? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 11 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…

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How long was he off gallivanting, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** gallivant off

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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/1480-pg503-part67/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t11:1
# text = How long was he off gallivanting, then?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
6	gallivanting	gallivant	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallivant off** | past · progressive | he |  |  |  | then | long *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Six weeks at least, to sort out some massive business

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t11:o1:1
# text = Six weeks at least, to sort out some massive business
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	sort	sort	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort out** | to-infinitive |  | some massive business |  | least | week |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three days, on a bike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t11:o2:1
# text = Three days, on a bike
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ages, like a whole year, mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t11:o3:1
# text = Ages, like a whole year, mad
1	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Just one night, then straight back home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1480-pg503-part67:t11:o4:1
# text = Just one night, then straight back home
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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

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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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