--- title: Wait, how long were the princesses gone, roughly? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, how long were the princesses gone, roughly? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 180 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 20: the Golden Door is opened, a flying horse carries the narrator off and blinds his right eye» 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/180-pg128-part20/t12/) [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, The Story of the Three…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/180-pg128-part20/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 20:… Wait, how long were the princesses gone, roughly? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, be, go · **To what, where:** princesses This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 180 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Three Calenders, part 20: the Golden Door is opened, a flying horse carries the narrator off and blinds his right eye» 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/180-pg128-part20/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:180-pg128-part20:t12:1 # text = Wait, how long were the princesses gone, roughly? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 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 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 parataxis _ _ 8 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 roughly roughly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | roughly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the princesses | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | participle | | the princesses *not said here* | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} some twelve days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:180-pg128-part20:t12:o1:1 # text = some twelve days 1 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 2 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} forty days ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:180-pg128-part20:t12:o2:1 # text = forty days 1 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} two weeks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:180-pg128-part20:t12:o3:1 # text = two weeks 1 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a month ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:180-pg128-part20:t12:o4:1 # text = a month 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 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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