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# Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwi…

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how long did the food last them on that island, roughly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** food · **What happens:** last · **To what, where:** them, island

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 188 «Arabian Nights, Sindbad the Sailor, part 28: Sindbad outwits the Old Man, grows rich, then is stranded on a cliff island» 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/188-pg128-part28/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t11:1
# text = how long did the food last them on that island, roughly?
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	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past · do-support | the food | them *= they* |  | that island |  | long, roughly *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme they=Value |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
not long at all, they ran out of food fast and the crew went hungry for a whole month

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t11:o1:1
# text = not long at all, they ran out of food fast and the crew went hungry for a whole month
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	xcomp	_	_
17	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | they |  |  | food |  | fast, long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out food=Trajectory |
| 2 | **go** | past | the crew |  |  |  | month | hungry *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
super long, like months, they ate fruit and fish and nuts until they got sick

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t11:o2:1
# text = super long, like months, they ate fruit and fish and nuts until they got sick
1	super	super	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
14	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
17	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | they | fruit and fish and nuts |  |  | month | long *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | fruit |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
not long, Sindbad got so low he dug his own grave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t11:o3:1
# text = not long, Sindbad got so low he dug his own grave
1	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Sindbad	Sindbad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	vocative	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	dug	dig	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	grave	grave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | long |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **dig** | past | Sindbad | Sindbad's own grave |  |  |  | low *property* | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent grave=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
pretty long, they ate fish for weeks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:188-pg128-part28:t11:o4:1
# text = pretty long, they ate fish for weeks
1	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fish	fish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | they | fish |  |  | week | long *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient |

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