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title: how long was martin stuck, like days? — Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka… · tree and pragmatics
description: how long was martin stuck, like days? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1720 «Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Martin's magic ring, and his castle is rebuilt» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 5 · ★ · Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Ma…

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how long was martin stuck, like days?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1720 «Russian Fairy Tales, Waska and Schurka: Waska wins back Martin's magic ring, and his castle is rebuilt» 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/1720-pg640-part44/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1720-pg640-part44:t5:1
# text = how long was martin stuck, like days?
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	martin	martin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  | day | long, stuck *property* | tree rules |

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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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Three days, no food at all and the tower was locked tight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1720-pg640-part44:t5:o1:1
# text = Three days, no food at all and the tower was locked tight
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · passive |  | Three days |  |  |  | tight *property* | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three days, no food at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1720-pg640-part44:t5:o2:1
# text = Three days, no food at all
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Weeks and weeks, he lost his castle and his whole kingdom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1720-pg640-part44:t5:o3:1
# text = Weeks and weeks, he lost his castle and his whole kingdom
1	Weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | he | his castle and his whole kingdom |  |  | week |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four days, barely any water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1720-pg640-part44:t5:o4:1
# text = Four days, barely any water
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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