--- title: By what number of days did the metal man's boat progress before land… — Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18:… · tree and pragmatics description: By what number of days did the metal man's boat progress before land was sighted? Exam question 2 of lesson 178 «Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea, then frees a boy from an underground tomb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/178-pg128-part18/e2/) [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, Prince Agib, part 18:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/178-pg128-part18/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea… By what number of days did the metal man's boat progress before land was sighted? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, sight · **To what, where:** boat progress, land This is exam question 2 of lesson 178 «Arabian Nights, Prince Agib, part 18: Agib escapes the sea, then frees a boy from an underground tomb» 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/178-pg128-part18/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e2:1 # text = By what number of days did the metal man's boat progress before land was sighted? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 nsubj _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 13 before before SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 sighted sight VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | boat progress | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent progress=Eventuality | | 2 | **sight** | past · passive | | land | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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} Nine days of rowing without rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e2:o1:1 # text = Nine days of rowing without rest 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 rowing rowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 without without ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e2:o2:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Thirty-one days of rowing over the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e2:o3:1 # text = Thirty-one days of rowing over the sea 1 Thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rowing rowing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Nine ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:178-pg128-part18:e2:o4:1 # text = Nine 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` 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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