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title: lol so who ran to the palace while one mouse stayed on the boat? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: lol so who ran to the palace while one mouse stayed on the boat? Test 10 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 10 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lol so who ran to the palace while one mouse stayed on the boat?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one mouse · **What happens:** run, stay · **To what, where:** boat

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t10:1
# text = lol so who ran to the palace while one mouse stayed on the boat?
1	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the palace *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to palace=Result |
| 2 | **stay** | past | one mouse |  |  | the boat |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on boat=Location |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the lame mouse and the queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t10:o1:1
# text = the lame mouse and the queen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lame	lame	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the other two mice, both of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t10:o2:1
# text = the other two mice, both of them
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the other two mice, who ran all the way to the palace and told the queen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t10:o3:1
# text = the other two mice, who ran all the way to the palace and told the queen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | the other two mice | all way |  | the palace |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent way=Theme to palace=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the other two mice *not said here* |  | the queen |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the queen and the captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t10:o4:1
# text = the queen and the captain
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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