--- title: What event caused the loss of the Squirrel with all her men? — Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede… · tree and pragmatics description: What event caused the loss of the Squirrel with all her men? Exam question 4 of lesson 347 «Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier spares a wounded enemy, and English heroes and a little Indian girl show courage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/347-pg18442-part7/e4/) [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/) / [Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/347-pg18442-part7/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier… What event caused the loss of the Squirrel with all her men? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** event · **What happens:** cause · **To what, where:** loss This is exam question 4 of lesson 347 «Brave Deeds, The Soldier and the Swede, part 7: a soldier spares a wounded enemy, and English heroes and a little Indian girl show courage» 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/347-pg18442-part7/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e4:1 # text = What event caused the loss of the Squirrel with all her men? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 event event NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 caused cause 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 loss loss NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Squirrel squirrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | event | the loss of the Squirrel | | | | with event's men | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer what=Theme loss=Eventuality | 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} The ship hit ice and the storm pulled her down with all her men ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e4:o1:1 # text = The ship hit ice and the storm pulled her down with all her men 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 hit hit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 down down ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hit** | past | the ship | ice | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ice=Co-Theme | | 2 | **pull down** | past | the storm | her *= she* | | | | with storm's men | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent she=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} A storm drove her onto rocks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e4:o2:1 # text = A storm drove her onto rocks 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 onto onto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | past | a storm | her *= she* | | rocks | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme onto rock=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The waves swallowed her in a storm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e4:o3:1 # text = The waves swallowed her in a storm 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 waves wave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | the waves | her *= she* | | a storm | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} The crew mutinied at sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:347-pg18442-part7:e4:o4:1 # text = The crew mutinied at sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crew crew NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 mutinied mutiny VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mutiny** | past | the crew | | | sea | | | tree rules | **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. 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