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title: What period of time had the visiting prince remained in the residenc… — Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What period of time had the visiting prince remained in the residence of the grand duke at the moment of the events described? Exam question 3 of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wi
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# Exam question 3 · Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose f…

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What period of time had the visiting prince remained in the residence of the grand duke at the moment of the events described?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** period · **What happens:** have, remain, describe · **To what, where:** visiting prince, residence, events

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1792 «Hauff's Fairy Tales, Dwarf Long Nose, part 43: the goose finds the magic herb for the pasty» 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/1792-pg641-part43/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e3:1
# text = What period of time had the visiting prince remained in the residence of the grand duke at the moment of the events described?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	visiting	visiting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	duke	duke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	_
23	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | period of time | the visiting prince |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | participle |  | the visiting prince *not said here* |  | the residence of the grand duke at the moment of the events |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in residence=Location |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | the events *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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}

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a fortnight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e3:o1:1
# text = a fortnight
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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since the start of the autumn feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e3:o2:1
# text = since the start of the autumn feast
1	since	since	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	autumn	autumn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** |  |  | the autumn feast |  |  |  |  | nom start «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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for a whole long fortnight already

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e3:o3:1
# text = for a whole long fortnight already
1	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fortnight	fortnight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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two months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1792-pg641-part43:e3:o4:1
# text = two months
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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