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title: how long did he walk with the silver coin? — English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the ti… · tree and pragmatics
description: how long did he walk with the silver coin? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the puddi…

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how long did he walk with the silver coin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** walk

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1964 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Thumb: the tinker takes the pudding, a cow swallows Tom, a fish and a raven carry him far, and his last journey ends with a spider» 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/1964-pg7439-part23/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t8:1
# text = how long did he walk with the silver coin?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  | with the silver coin; long *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
like forty-eight hours, mad long, carrying the coin the whole way

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t8:o1:1
# text = like forty-eight hours, mad long, carrying the coin the whole way
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | the coin |  |  |  | the whole way *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
like forty-eight hours, mad long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t8:o2:1
# text = like forty-eight hours, mad long
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
like forty-two hours, mad long

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t8:o3:1
# text = like forty-two hours, mad long
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	mad	mad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
like two days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1964-pg7439-part23:t8:o4:1
# text = like two days
1	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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