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title: fr, did the mice actually want to stay on that island? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: fr, did the mice actually want to stay on that island? Test 11 · ★ 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; Mova's choic
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# Test 11 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
fr, did the mice actually want to stay on that island?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fr, mice · **What happens:** do, want, stay · **To what, where:** island

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t11:1
# text = fr, did the mice actually want to stay on that island?
1	fr	fr	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | fr |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the mice |  |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the mice *not said here* |  |  | that island |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on island=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they felt like total failures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t11:o1:1
# text = nah, they felt like total failures
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	failures	failure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | they |  |  |  |  | like total failures | vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like failure=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they wanted to go back to the boat and fight the captain's cats again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t11:o2:1
# text = nah, they wanted to go back to the boat and fight the captain's cats again
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	fight	fight	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the boat *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to boat=Result |
| 3 | **fight** | infinitive | they *not said here* | the captain's cats |  |  | again |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Co-Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, they wanted to go home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t11:o3:1
# text = nah, they wanted to go home
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yes, they loved the island

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t11:o4:1
# text = yes, they loved the island
1	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past | they | the island |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer island=Stimulus |

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