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title: What was the outcome of the mouse Tsaritsa's order to the ants? — Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome of the mouse Tsaritsa's order to the ants? Exam question 2 of lesson 1126 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle makes the parson dance; the lark and mouse go to war; an eagle repays an archer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle…

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What was the outcome of the mouse Tsaritsa's order to the ants?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Tsaritsa · **What happens:** be, order · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1126 «Russian Fairy Tales, The Magic Egg, part 32: Ivan's fiddle makes the parson dance; the lark and mouse go to war; an eagle repays an archer» 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/1126-pg29672-part32/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:e2:1
# text = What was the outcome of the mouse Tsaritsa's order to the ants?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	Tsaritsa	Tsaritsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ants	ant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome and Tsaritsa's order to the ants |  |  |  | of the mouse | tree rules |
| 2 | **order** |  | Tsaritsa |  |  |  |  | to the ants | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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The birds lost all their wing feathers and the mouse took the grain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:e2:o1:1
# text = The birds lost all their wing feathers and the mouse took the grain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	grain	grain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | the birds | birds's wing feathers |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality |
| 2 | **take** | past | the mouse | the grain |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The birds lost their tail feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:e2:o2:1
# text = The birds lost their tail feathers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | the birds | birds's tail feathers |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality |

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

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The birds lost their wing feathers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:e2:o3:1
# text = The birds lost their wing feathers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | the birds | birds's wing feathers |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The birds lost their wing feathers and fell down to the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1126-pg29672-part32:e2:o4:1
# text = The birds lost their wing feathers and fell down to the ground
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
5	wing	wing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past | the birds | birds's wing feathers |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fall down** | past | the birds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the ground; down *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme |

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