--- title: how long did the dog keep him in his belly the first time? — Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part… · tree and pragmatics description: how long did the dog keep him in his belly the first time? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1844-pg7128-part28/t11/) [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/) / [Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1844-pg7128-part28/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden… how long did the dog keep him in his belly the first time? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dog · **What happens:** keep · **To what, where:** him, belly This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1844 «Old Deccan Days, The Kettle-Drum, part 28: the boy hidden in the dog and the cow, the Queens' plots» 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/1844-pg7128-part28/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t11:1 # text = how long did the dog keep him in his belly the first time? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 belly belly NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 13 amod _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the dog | him *= he* | | dog's belly | time | long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in belly=Location | 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} six months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t11:o1:1 # text = six months 1 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} until the boy was fully grown into a man ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t11:o2:1 # text = until the boy was fully grown into a man 1 until until SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 fully fully ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past · passive | | the boy | | | | into a man; fully *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: subject=Material into man=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} three years ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t11:o3:1 # text = three years 1 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} four months ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1844-pg7128-part28:t11:o4:1 # text = four months 1 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 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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