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title: Ngl, how long did the wedding get put off, fam? — Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Drago… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, how long did the wedding get put off, fam? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe
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# Test 5 · ★ · Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's do…

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Ngl, how long did the wedding get put off, fam?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, put off · **To what, where:** wedding, Ngl

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» 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/1941-pg7277-part78/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t5:1
# text = Ngl, how long did the wedding get put off, fam?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wedding	wedding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	off	off	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the wedding |  |  |  | long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Eventuality |
| 2 | **put off** | present · passive |  | Ngl |  |  |  | fam *obl* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal |

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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 -->
one whole year, then another, till the dragon was forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t5:o1:1
# text = one whole year, then another, till the dragon was forgotten
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	till	till	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past · passive |  |  |  |  | till the dragon |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
two whole years, then done

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t5:o2:1
# text = two whole years, then done
1	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | participle | two whole years |  |  |  | then |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one whole year, then another, and then another one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t5:o3:1
# text = one whole year, then another, and then another one
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
one whole year, then another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:t5:o4:1
# text = one whole year, then another
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
```

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

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