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title: To what extent did the quarrel among the mice contribute to the loss… — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what extent did the quarrel among the mice contribute to the loss of the talisman? Exam question 2 of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

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To what extent did the quarrel among the mice contribute to the loss of the talisman?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** extent, mice · **What happens:** do, contribute · **To what, where:** quarrel, loss

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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/1416-pg503-part3/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:e2:1
# text = To what extent did the quarrel among the mice contribute to the loss of the talisman?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	among	among	ADP	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	contribute	contribute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	talisman	talisman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	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** | past | extent | the quarrel |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **contribute** | present | the mice |  | the loss of the talisman |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to loss=Recipient |

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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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It caused the mice to flee the boat in fear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:e2:o1:1
# text = It caused the mice to flee the boat in fear
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	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	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	flee	flee	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | It | the mice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **flee** | to-infinitive | the mice *not said here* | the boat |  | fear |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boat=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It did not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:e2:o2:1
# text = It did not
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | past | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It led the captain to hide the ring at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:e2:o3:1
# text = It led the captain to hide the ring at sea
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	led	lead	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	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | It | the captain |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captain=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | the ring |  | sea |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ring=Patient at sea=Location |

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

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It caused the ring to fall into the sea during the altercation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:e2:o4:1
# text = It caused the ring to fall into the sea during the altercation
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	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	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	altercation	altercation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | It | the ring |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fall** | to-infinitive | the ring *not said here* |  |  |  | during the altercation | into the sea *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sea=Result |

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