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title: How long did Pelias throw the party, then? — Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: How long did Pelias throw the party, then? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 537 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason crosses a river, meets his uncle, and sails to Lemnos» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 4 · ★ · Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part…

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How long did Pelias throw the party, then?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Pelias · **What happens:** throw · **To what, where:** party

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 537 «Myths of Ancient Greece, Jason and the Golden Fleece, part 43: Jason crosses a river, meets his uncle, and sails to Lemnos» 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/537-pg22381-part43/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:t4:1
# text = How long did Pelias throw the party, then?
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	Pelias	Pelias	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past · do-support | Pelias | the party |  |  | then | long *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Five days, proper feast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:t4:o1:1
# text = Five days, proper feast
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Five days of feasting, games and proper drinking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:t4:o2:1
# text = Five days of feasting, games and proper drinking
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	feasting	feasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	drinking	drinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seven days of feasting

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:t4:o3:1
# text = Seven days of feasting
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	feasting	feasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Five days and nights, with a big feast every evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:537-pg22381-part43:t4:o4:1
# text = Five days and nights, with a big feast every evening
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
10	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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

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