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title: What function does the mouse perform with respect to the Queen's pro… — Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What function does the mouse perform with respect to the Queen's provisions? Exam question 3 of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides…

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What function does the mouse perform with respect to the Queen's provisions?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** function, Queen · **What happens:** perform, provide

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1538 «Red Fairy Book, The Queen Mouse, part 35: the Queen hides her baby in a basket after a mouse brings luck» 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/1538-pg540-part35/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e3:1
# text = What function does the mouse perform with respect to the Queen's provisions?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | present · do-support | what function |  |  |  |  | with respect; to the Queen's provisions | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **provide** |  | the Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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It removes the peas from the dish and then replenishes it with a great feast from elsewhere

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e3:o1:1
# text = It removes the peas from the dish and then replenishes it with a great feast from elsewhere
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	replenishes	replenish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	feast	feast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | It | the peas |  | the dish |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pea=Theme from dish=Source |
| 2 | **replenish** | present |  | dish |  |  | then | with a great feast | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with feast=Theme |

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

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It removes the peas and replenishes the dish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e3:o2:1
# text = It removes the peas and replenishes the dish
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	removes	remove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	replenishes	replenish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	dish	dish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | present | It | the peas |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pea=Theme |
| 2 | **replenish** | present |  | the dish |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dish=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It moves the peas and refills the bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e3:o3:1
# text = It moves the peas and refills the bowl
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moves	move	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	refills	refill	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present | It | the peas |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme pea=Result |
| 2 | **refill** | present |  | the bowl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It fetches the bread and water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1538-pg540-part35:e3:o4:1
# text = It fetches the bread and water
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fetches	fetch	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fetch** | present | It | the bread and water |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |

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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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