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title: In which country were the descendants of the lost children discovered? — Perrault's Tales, The True History of… · tree and pragmatics
description: In which country were the descendants of the lost children discovered? Exam question 2 of lesson 1553 «Perrault's Tales, The True History of Little Golden Hood, part 1: a clever girl, a sly wolf, and a hood that burns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Exam question 2 · Perrault's Tales, The True History of Little Golden Hood,…

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In which country were the descendants of the lost children discovered?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, lose, discover · **To what, where:** descendants, country, lost children

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1553 «Perrault's Tales, The True History of Little Golden Hood, part 1: a clever girl, a sly wolf, and a hood that burns» 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/1553-pg540-part50/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e2:1
# text = In which country were the descendants of the lost children discovered?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	descendants	descendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the descendants |  | which country |  | of the lost children | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **discover** | participle |  | the lost children *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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Bohemia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e2:o1:1
# text = Bohemia
1	Bohemia	bohemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Transylvania

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e2:o2:1
# text = Transylvania
1	Transylvania	Transylvania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wallachia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e2:o3:1
# text = Wallachia
1	Wallachia	Wallachia	PROPN	NNP	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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Westphalia

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e2:o4:1
# text = Westphalia
1	Westphalia	Westphalia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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