--- title: What was the duration, in years, of the transformation that the Fair… — The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3:… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the duration, in years, of the transformation that the Fairy Mazilla imposed upon the King? Exam question 2 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1866-pg7277-part3/e2/) [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/) / [The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1866-pg7277-part3/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked,… What was the duration, in years, of the transformation that the Fairy Mazilla imposed upon the King? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Fairy Mazilla · **What happens:** be, impose · **To what, where:** duration This is exam question 2 of lesson 1866 «The Blue Bird, King Charming, part 3: the King is tricked, then turned into a Blue Bird» 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/1866-pg7277-part3/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e2:1 # text = What was the duration, in years, of the transformation that the Fairy Mazilla imposed upon the King? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 duration duration NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 transformation transformation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 Mazilla Mazilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 imposed impose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the duration and years and the transformation | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **impose** | past | the Fairy Mazilla | | | | | upon the King | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | 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} One ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e2:o1:1 # text = One 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Two ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e2:o2:1 # text = Two 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Seven years and seven months of penance in the woods ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e2:o3:1 # text = Seven years and seven months of penance in the woods 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 penance penance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Seven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1866-pg7277-part3:e2:o4:1 # text = Seven 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 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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