--- title: How many gen'rations did the curse last, bruy? — English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the C… · tree and pragmatics description: How many gen'rations did the curse last, bruy? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/265-pg14241-part32/t6/) [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/) / [English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the C…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/265-pg14241-part32/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm… How many gen'rations did the curse last, bruy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** many gen'rations · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** curse This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 265 «English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm and his vow is broken» 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/265-pg14241-part32/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t6:1 # text = How many gen'rations did the curse last, bruy? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gen'rations gen'ration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 curse curse NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 9 bruy bruy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | many gen'rations | the curse | | | | last bruy *obl:unmarked* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Eventuality | 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} Seven, mate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t6:o1:1 # text = Seven, mate 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Seven generations, man, yeah ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t6:o2:1 # text = Seven generations, man, yeah 1 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Nine, man, nine generations ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t6:o3:1 # text = Nine, man, nine generations 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Nine years, man, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t6:o4:1 # text = Nine years, man, I think 1 Nine nine NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | years man *vocative* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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