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title: What did the queen of the mice resolve to do concerning the captain? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the queen of the mice resolve to do concerning the captain? Exam question 3 of lesson 1415 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship…

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What did the queen of the mice resolve to do concerning the captain?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** queen · **What happens:** do, resolve, concern · **To what, where:** captain

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1415 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 2: the golden ship turns black after the old man steals the ring» 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/1415-pg503-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e3:1
# text = What did the queen of the mice resolve to do concerning the captain?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	resolve	resolve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **resolve** | present | the queen of the mice |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the queen of the mice *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the queen of the mice *not said here* | the captain |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus captain=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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She resolved to hold a council and then decide whether to send a deputation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = She resolved to hold a council and then decide whether to send a deputation
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	decide	decide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	deputation	deputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a council |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Theme |
| 3 | **decide** | present | She *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **send** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a deputation |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deputation=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She resolved to send a deputation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = She resolved to send a deputation
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deputation	deputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a deputation |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deputation=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She resolved to send a deputation of her bravest mice to the captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = She resolved to send a deputation of her bravest mice to the captain
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deputation	deputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	bravest	brave	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resolve** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a deputation of her bravest mice |  | the captain |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent deputation=Theme to captain=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She ordered his capture

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1415-pg503-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = She ordered his capture
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	capture	capture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | She | his capture |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capture=Theme |
| 2 | **capture** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom capture «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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