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title: Mate, the wedding went on for ages, didn't it? — pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Princ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, the wedding went on for ages, didn't it? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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.
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# Test 5 · ★ · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mate, the wedding went on for ages, didn't it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mate, wedding · **What happens:** go on, not do

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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/1682-pg640-part6/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t5:1
# text = Mate, the wedding went on for ages, didn't it?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past | Mate and the wedding |  |  |  | for ages |  | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past | wedding |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like four whole months, honestly, that's mental, mate, the whole summer

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t5:o1:1
# text = Like four whole months, honestly, that's mental, mate, the whole summer
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  | month | mate *vocative*; mental *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four whole weeks, that's mental

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t5:o2:1
# text = Four whole weeks, that's mental
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	mental	mental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  | week | mental *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was over quick, a couple of days and then everyone went home

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, it was over quick, a couple of days and then everyone went home
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	over	over	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	couple	couple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | over, quick *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | past | everyone |  |  |  | then | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three whole weeks, that's mad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1682-pg640-part6:t5:o4:1
# text = Three whole weeks, that's mad
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  | week | mad *property* | tree rules |

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