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title: how long did the friendship last, like days or what — Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9:… · tree and pragmatics
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# Test 10 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home…

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how long did the friendship last, like days or what

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

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 2050 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies, part 9: Theseus comes home to grief, and the Giant Antaeus is introduced as friend of the Pygmies» 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/2050-pg976-part9/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t10:1
# text = how long did the friendship last, like days or what
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	last	last	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the friendship |  |  |  | last, long *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Eventuality |

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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}

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ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived, which was longer than anyone at the palace could remember

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t10:o1:1
# text = ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived, which was longer than anyone at the palace could remember
1	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
17	than	than	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	16	obl	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	remember	remember	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Giant |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | ages and ages |  |  |  |  | than anyone; long *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **remember** | could | ages and ages |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a long time, as long as they both were around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t10:o2:1
# text = a long time, as long as they both were around
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	appos	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | they |  |  |  |  | around *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived, and even after he was gone the Pygmies kept his story alive

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t10:o3:1
# text = ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived, and even after he was gone the Pygmies kept his story alive
1	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl:unmarked	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	nsubj	_	_
12	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	even	even	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
16	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
18	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	advcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	Pygmies	pygmy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nsubj	_	_
22	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	alive	alive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the Giant |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | past · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | past | the Pygmies | ages and ages |  |  |  | alive *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Theme |

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

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ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2050-pg976-part9:t10:o4:1
# text = ages and ages, like forever, long as the Giant lived
1	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
12	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | ages and ages |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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