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description: Which description most accurately characterises the refuge into which the Mice retreated? Exam question 3 of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 3 · Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a co…

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Which description most accurately characterises the refuge into which the Mice retreated?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description · **What happens:** characteris, retreat · **To what, where:** refuge, Mice

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 400 «Aesop's Fables, The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: a country mouse visits his grand city friend, gets a scare, and goes home» 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/400-pg21-part21/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e3:1
# text = Which description most accurately characterises the refuge into which the Mice retreated?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	refuge	refuge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	11	det	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Mice	mouse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
12	retreated	retreat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which description | the refuge |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **retreat** | participle |  | which Mice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

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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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A passage so narrow that two could fit only by squeezing, hidden deep inside the cold stone wall of the house

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e3:o1:1
# text = A passage so narrow that two could fit only by squeezing, hidden deep inside the cold stone wall of the house
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | could | two |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **squeeze** | gerund | two *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the cold stone wall of the house |  | deep *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside wall=Location |

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

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A passage so narrow that two could fit only by squeezing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e3:o2:1
# text = A passage so narrow that two could fit only by squeezing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | could | two |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **squeeze** | gerund | two *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dark tunnel under the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e3:o3:1
# text = A dark tunnel under the floor
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A passage so narrow that two could fit only by squeezing, and it led straight back to the cupboard

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:400-pg21-part21:e3:o4:1
# text = A passage so narrow that two could fit only by squeezing, and it led straight back to the cupboard
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	narrow	narrow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	squeezing	squeeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | could | two |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **squeeze** | gerund | two *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lead** | past | passage |  |  |  |  | to the cupboard | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to cupboard=Patient |

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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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