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title: Aye, was it, like, a long time back then? — English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the C… · tree and pragmatics
description: Aye, was it, like, a long time back then? Test 8 · ★ 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.
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# Test 8 · ★ · English Tales, The Lambton Worm, the Childe kills the Worm…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aye, was it, like, a long time back then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** it

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t8:1
# text = Aye, was it, like, a long time back then?
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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

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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 -->
Aye, it was a hundred and thirty years ago, when the old king still ruled the land

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t8:o1:1
# text = Aye, it was a hundred and thirty years ago, when the old king still ruled the land
1	Aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
10	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	17	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	still	still	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a hundred |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **rule** | past | the old king | the land |  |  | still |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, about two hundred years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t8:o2:1
# text = Yeah, about two hundred years
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	compound	_	_
5	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a hundred and thirty years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t8:o3:1
# text = Yeah, a hundred and thirty years
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a hundred and thirty years, man, like, way back before the modern times

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:265-pg14241-part32:t8:o4:1
# text = Yeah, a hundred and thirty years, man, like, way back before the modern times
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
14	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	before	before	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	modern	modern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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

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