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title: How long did the party go on? — Fairy Tales pg641, The Lute Player and… · tree and pragmatics
description: How long did the party go on? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 1762 «Fairy Tales pg641, The Lute Player and The Grateful Prince, part 13: the queen wins back her king, then a lost king makes a bargain with a stranger» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales pg641, The Lute Player and The Grateful Prince…

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How long did the party go on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** party · **What happens:** go on

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1762 «Fairy Tales pg641, The Lute Player and The Grateful Prince, part 13: the queen wins back her king, then a lost king makes a bargain with a stranger» 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/1762-pg641-part13/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1762-pg641-part13:t9:1
# text = How long did the party go on?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	on	on	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go on** | past · do-support | the party |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn function-105.2.1 «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 {#o1}

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until the king got tired of it and sent everyone home early, dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1762-pg641-part13:t9:o1:1
# text = until the king got tired of it and sent everyone home early, dude
1	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **send** | past | the king *not said here* | everyone |  |  |  | dude *obl*; early, home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a full week, all day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1762-pg641-part13:t9:o2:1
# text = a full week, all day
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a whole week, non-stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1762-pg641-part13:t9:o3:1
# text = a whole week, non-stop
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	non-stop	non-stop	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a whole month, with food and music every single hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1762-pg641-part13:t9:o4:1
# text = a whole month, with food and music every single hour
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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