--- title: so the mice got into a massive fight on the boat, right? — Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the… · tree and pragmatics description: so the mice got into a massive fight on the boat, right? Test 6 · ★ 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 choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1416-pg503-part3/t6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1416-pg503-part3/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri… so the mice got into a massive fight on the boat, right? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mice · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** massive fight This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t6:1 # text = so the mice got into a massive fight on the boat, right? 1 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 right right INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | the mice | | | a massive fight on the boat | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into fight=Destination | 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} yup, they argued for hours and then the ring fell out of a fish into the sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t6:o1:1 # text = yup, they argued for hours and then the ring fell out of a fish into the sea 1 yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | they | | | | hour | yup *vocative* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fall** | past | the ring | | | the sea | then | out a fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme out fish=Initial\_Location into sea=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, they argued about the boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t6:o2:1 # text = yeah, they argued about the boat 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 argued argue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | past | they | | | | | about the boat | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent about boat=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} nah, they just sat quietly now ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t6:o3:1 # text = nah, they just sat quietly now 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 quietly quietly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | they | | | | now | quietly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yup, they went from words to blows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1416-pg503-part3:t6:o4:1 # text = yup, they went from words to blows 1 yup yup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | they | | | words | | to blows; 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