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title: In what manner do the mice leave the skull once the fiery eyes have… — Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner do the mice leave the skull once the fiery eyes have entered it? Exam question 4 of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast u…

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In what manner do the mice leave the skull once the fiery eyes have entered it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mice · **What happens:** do, leave, enter · **To what, where:** manner, skull, fiery eyes

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1272 «Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull» 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/1272-pg338-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e4:1
# text = In what manner do the mice leave the skull once the fiery eyes have entered it?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	fiery	fiery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | present | the mice | the skull |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Theme |
| 3 | **enter** | present · perfect · passive |  | the fiery eyes |  |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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They retreat noiselessly into the darkness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = They retreat noiselessly into the darkness
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	retreat	retreat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	noiselessly	noiselessly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	darkness	darkness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retreat** | present | They |  |  | the darkness |  | noiselessly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into darkness=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They dash out of the skull at once, hopping madly in every direction across the open plain

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = They dash out of the skull at once, hopping madly in every direction across the open plain
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dash	dash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	skull	skull	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	hopping	hop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	madly	madly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dash** | present | They |  |  | the skull |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out skull=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hop** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  | every direction |  | across the open plain; madly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They scurry off loudly into the grass

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = They scurry off loudly into the grass
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scurry	scurry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scurry off** | present | They |  |  | the grass |  | loudly *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into grass=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They sneak out through the back opening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1272-pg338-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = They sneak out through the back opening
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sneak	sneak	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak out** | present | They |  |  | the back |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through back=Trajectory |
| 2 | **open** | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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