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title: Mate, how long was he stuck on that island? — Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, how long was he stuck on that island? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 3 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident…

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Mate, how long was he stuck on that island?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** stick · **To what, where:** he, island

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 179 «Arabian Nights, Sinbad the Sailor, part 19: a sad accident in the cave, then a lonely walk to a copper castle» 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/179-pg128-part19/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t3:1
# text = Mate, how long was he stuck on that island?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick** | past · passive |  | he |  | that island |  | long *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on island=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a whole month, proper ages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t3:o1:1
# text = Like a whole month, proper ages
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a whole month, proper ages, and I nearly went mad with it all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t3:o2:1
# text = Like a whole month, proper ages, and I nearly went mad with it all
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obl	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | I | all |  |  | month | mad, nearly *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ages and ages, like a whole year of misery stuck out there alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t3:o3:1
# text = Ages and ages, like a whole year of misery stuck out there alone
1	Ages	Age	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	misery	misery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	stuck	stick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
12	out	out	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
14	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stick out** | participle |  | a whole year of misery *not said here* |  | there |  | alone, out *property* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About a whole year, honestly innit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:179-pg128-part19:t3:o4:1
# text = About a whole year, honestly innit
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	honestly	honestly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	innit	innit	PROPN	ADD	_	4	appos	_	_
```

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

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