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title: How long is the steam-boat ride to Bernex, bruh? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: How long is the steam-boat ride to Bernex, bruh? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
How long is the steam-boat ride to Bernex, bruh?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boat ride · **What happens:** be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» 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/860-pg27200-part71/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t11:1
# text = How long is the steam-boat ride to Bernex, bruh?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	steam	steam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Bernex	Bernex	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	bruh	bruh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the boat ride to Bernex |  |  |  |  | long *property* | 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 -->
About half an hour, starting from Villeneuve at the far end of the lake, with a stop along the way

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t11:o1:1
# text = About half an hour, starting from Villeneuve at the far end of the lake, with a stop along the way
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	starting	start	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Villeneuve	Villeneuve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
20	along	along	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** | gerund | half hour *not said here* |  |  | Villeneuve | at the far end of the lake and a stop | along the way | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About half an hour, from Villeneuve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t11:o2:1
# text = About half an hour, from Villeneuve
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Villeneuve	Villeneuve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About a quarter hour, from Lausanne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t11:o3:1
# text = About a quarter hour, from Lausanne
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Lausanne	Lausanne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It takes about half an hour, leaving Villeneuve in the morning when the lake is calm and the mist is still rising

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t11:o4:1
# text = It takes about half an hour, leaving Villeneuve in the morning when the lake is calm and the mist is still rising
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	6	det:predet	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	csubj	_	_
9	Villeneuve	Villeneuve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	17	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	lake	lake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	still	still	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | It |  |  |  | hour |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | Villeneuve |  |  | morning |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent villeneuve=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | the lake |  |  |  |  | calm *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **rise** | present · progressive | leaving |  |  |  | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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