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title: Identify the precise location in which the flame-spirit was discover… — Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma bea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the precise location in which the flame-spirit was discovered by the hero. Exam question 2 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the ri…

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Identify the precise location in which the flame-spirit was discovered by the hero.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, hero · **What happens:** identify, discover · **To what, where:** precise location, flame spirit

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1136 «Old Africa, Makoma, part 2: Makoma beats giants and the river spirit, then is sent to find Sakatirina» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1136-pg3027-part2/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e2:1
# text = Identify the precise location in which the flame-spirit was discovered by the hero.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	flame	flame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the precise location |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent location=Theme |
| 2 | **discover** | past · passive | the hero | the flame spirit |  | the precise location |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic |

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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}

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a barren and rocky region past the great river valley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e2:o1:1
# text = a barren and rocky region past the great river valley
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	barren	barren	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	past	past	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a barren and rocky region beyond the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e2:o2:1
# text = a barren and rocky region beyond the forest
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	barren	barren	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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a barren and rocky region

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e2:o3:1
# text = a barren and rocky region
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	barren	barren	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	rocky	rocky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	region	region	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a green and sandy coast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1136-pg3027-part2:e2:o4:1
# text = a green and sandy coast
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	sandy	sandy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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