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description: What was the principal consequence of the spaniels' sudden attack upon the enemy squadron? Exam question 3 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…

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What was the principal consequence of the spaniels' sudden attack upon the enemy squadron?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** spaniels · **What happens:** be, attack · **To what, where:** principal consequence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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/1892-pg7277-part29/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e3:1
# text = What was the principal consequence of the spaniels' sudden attack upon the enemy squadron?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spaniels	spaniel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	enemy	enemy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	squadron	squadron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the principal consequence |  |  |  | of the spaniels's sudden attack upon the enemy squadron | tree rules |
| 2 | **attack** |  | the spaniels |  |  |  |  | upon the enemy squadron | nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

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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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The enemy general was quickly killed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e3:o1:1
# text = The enemy general was quickly killed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enemy	enemy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | past · passive |  | the enemy general |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The enemy line broke in the morning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e3:o2:1
# text = The enemy line broke in the morning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | past | the enemy line |  |  |  | morning |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e3:o3:1
# text = The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enemy	enemy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	squadron	squadron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past · passive |  | the enemy squadron |  |  |  | into confusion *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into confusion=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion and fled the field in disorder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1892-pg7277-part29:e3:o4:1
# text = The enemy squadron was thrown into confusion and fled the field in disorder
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	enemy	enemy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	squadron	squadron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	disorder	disorder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past · passive |  | the enemy squadron |  |  |  | into confusion *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into confusion=Result |
| 2 | **flee** | past |  | the field |  | disorder |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme field=Initial\_Location |

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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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