--- title: How far was the old man's brother, was it miles or like just round t… — Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and t… · tree and pragmatics description: How far was the old man's brother, was it miles or like just round the corner? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1736 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, part 60: the Irishman learns from an Eagle where the Princess is» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1736-pg640-part60/t5/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1736-pg640-part60/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, p… How far was the old man's brother, was it miles or like just round the corner? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, it · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** miles This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1736 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Irishman and the Blue Mountains, part 60: the Irishman learns from an Eagle where the Princess is» 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/1736-pg640-part60/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t5:1 # text = How far was the old man's brother, was it miles or like just round the corner? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 16 round round ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ? ? PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the old man's brother | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | miles or the corner | | | | | 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} Eight hundred miles, dead far ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t5:o1:1 # text = Eight hundred miles, dead far 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Round the corner ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t5:o2:1 # text = Round the corner 1 Round round ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Nine miles, near ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t5:o3:1 # text = Nine miles, near 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 near near ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nine hundred miles, dead far ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1736-pg640-part60:t5:o4:1 # text = Nine hundred miles, dead far 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 compound _ _ 2 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ ``` 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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