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title: how old was the narrator when he finally got tall, like, actual grow… — Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Fri… · tree and pragmatics
description: how old was the narrator when he finally got tall, like, actual growth? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 7 · ★ · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

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how old was the narrator when he finally got tall, like, actual growth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old narrator · **What happens:** be, get · **To what, where:** old narrator, actual growth

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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/831-pg27200-part42/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t7:1
# text = how old was the narrator when he finally got tall, like, actual growth?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the old narrator |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | past | the old narrator | actual growth |  |  |  | finally, tall *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Years went by, he's a stout strong youth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t7:o1:1
# text = Years went by, he's a stout strong youth
1	Years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stout	stout	ADJ	NN	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Years |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | stout *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Years went by, he's a stout strong youth, and by sixteen he was taller than everyone

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t7:o2:1
# text = Years went by, he's a stout strong youth, and by sixteen he was taller than everyone
1	Years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stout	stout	ADJ	NN	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	obl	_	_
15	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	taller	tall	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
18	than	than	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go by** | past | Years |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | he | strong youth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | by sixteen; than everyone; tall *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When he was fourteen, I guess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t7:o3:1
# text = When he was fourteen, I guess
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	guess	guess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | he | fourteen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guess** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Years went by, he's a stout strong youth who finally hit his growth spurt in the spring

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:831-pg27200-part42:t7:o4:1
# text = Years went by, he's a stout strong youth who finally hit his growth spurt in the spring
1	Years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	stout	stout	ADJ	NN	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
9	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	youth	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	finally	finally	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	spurt	spurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Years |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | stout *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **hit** | past | strong youth | his growth spurt |  |  | spring | finally *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spurt=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **spurt** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom spurt «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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