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title: What was the approximate interval between the disappearance and the… — Perrault's Tales, The True History of… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the approximate interval between the disappearance and the merchants' report? Exam question 4 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
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# Exam question 4 · Perrault's Tales, The True History of Little Golden Hood,…

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What was the approximate interval between the disappearance and the merchants' report?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** merchants · **What happens:** be, report · **To what, where:** approximate interval

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e4:1
# text = What was the approximate interval between the disappearance and the merchants' report?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	approximate	approximate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	interval	interval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	disappearance	disappearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	merchants	merchant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the approximate interval |  |  |  | between the disappearance and the merchants's report | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** |  | the merchants |  |  |  |  |  | nom report «communication transitive»: poss=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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roughly one hundred and fifty years after the children were lost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e4:o1:1
# text = roughly one hundred and fifty years after the children were lost
1	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	_
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · passive |  | hundred years after the children |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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more than one hundred and fifty years after the piper led them away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e4:o2:1
# text = more than one hundred and fifty years after the piper led them away
1	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	4	advmod	_	_
2	than	than	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	compound	_	_
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	piper	piper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead away** | past | hundred years after the piper | them *= they* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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one hundred and forty years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e4:o3:1
# text = one hundred and forty years
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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one hundred and fifty years

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1553-pg540-part50:e4:o4:1
# text = one hundred and fifty years
1	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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