--- title: To what length does the prince run with the mare before releasing her? — Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31:… · tree and pragmatics description: To what length does the prince run with the mare before releasing her? Exam question 2 of lesson 2012 «Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31: a lost golden shoe, a hunt for its owner, and a girl locked in a closet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2012-pg7885-part31/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/) / [Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2012-pg7885-part31/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31: a lost golden shoe,… To what length does the prince run with the mare before releasing her? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** length · **What happens:** do, run, release · **To what, where:** prince, length This is exam question 2 of lesson 2012 «Irish Folk Tales, Trembling, part 31: a lost golden shoe, a hunt for its owner, and a girl locked in a closet» 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/2012-pg7885-part31/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:e2:1 # text = To what length does the prince run with the mare before releasing her? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ _ 3 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 releasing release VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | length | the prince | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | | 2 | **run** | present | | | | | | with the mare | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with mare=Material | | 3 | **release** | gerund | | length | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source | 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} fifteen perches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:e2:o1:1 # text = fifteen perches 1 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 perches perch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} ten perches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:e2:o2:1 # text = ten perches 1 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 perches perch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} thirty perches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:e2:o3:1 # text = thirty perches 1 thirty thirty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 perches perch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} until the mare was tired and the prince stopped by the river ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2012-pg7885-part31:e2:o4:1 # text = until the mare was tired and the prince stopped by the river 1 until until SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the mare | | | | | tired *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **stop** | participle | the prince | | | | | by the river | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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