--- title: How long, according to the King of the Black Isles, was the true jou… — Arabian Nights, The Young King of the… · tree and pragmatics description: How long, according to the King of the Black Isles, was the true journey to the capital? Exam question 3 of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/169-pg128-part9/e3/) [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/) / [Arabian Nights, The Young King of the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/169-pg128-part9/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enc… How long, according to the King of the Black Isles, was the true journey to the capital? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** accord, be · **To what, where:** true journey This is exam question 3 of lesson 169 «Arabian Nights, The Young King of the Black Isles: the enchantress slain, the porter invited in» 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/169-pg128-part9/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e3:1 # text = How long, according to the King of the Black Isles, was the true journey to the capital? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 case _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 Black Black ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Isles Isle PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the true journey | | | | accord the King of the Black Isles; to the capital; 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} Almost two years' march ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e3:o1:1 # text = Almost two years' march 1 Almost almost ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 march march NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Three days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e3:o2:1 # text = Three days 1 Three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A week's ride ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e3:o3:1 # text = A week's ride 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | | a week | | | | | | nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A whole year's journey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:169-pg128-part9:e3:o4:1 # text = A whole year's journey 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **journey** | | a whole year | | | | | | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent | **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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