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title: What is the minimum distance stated between the moor and the place w… — Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the minimum distance stated between the moor and the place where the youth awoke? Exam question 2 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 2 · Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, par…

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What is the minimum distance stated between the moor and the place where the youth awoke?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** minimum distance, youth · **What happens:** be, state, awake · **To what, where:** minimum distance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1801 «Project Gutenberg 641, The Boys with the Golden Stars, part 1: an emperor hears three sisters' boasts and carries off Laptitza» 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/1801-pg641-part52/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e2:1
# text = What is the minimum distance stated between the moor and the place where the youth awoke?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	minimum	minimum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	stated	state	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	between	between	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	awoke	awake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the minimum distance |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle |  | the minimum distance *not said here* |  |  |  | between the moor and the place | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **awake** | past | the youth |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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At least a mile

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e2:o1:1
# text = At least a mile
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mile	mile	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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Half a league away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e2:o2:1
# text = Half a league away
1	Half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	3	det:predet	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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At least a mile across the open moor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e2:o3:1
# text = At least a mile across the open moor
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	nmod	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	moor	moor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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More than ten miles over hills and rivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1801-pg641-part52:e2:o4:1
# text = More than ten miles over hills and rivers
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	3	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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