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The purpose of this paper is to analyze the quantifier scope and ambiguity phenomenon in minimalist program and to provide a way to explain the scope ambiguity involving quantifiers in the Agree system of Chomsky(2000). Since the minimalist program proposed that all the operations should be motivated by morphological requirements and the QR-based account has more advantages than the A-movement account, I make a proposal that we need QR effects triggered by Agree and Move of [QU] feature. This paper proposes that v have the [QU] feature and become a probe looking for a quantificational goal when vP dominates the quantifier. The [QU] feature of the quantifier moves to [Spec, vP] for Agree with the [QU] feature of v And this movement obeys the Shortest condition and the ambiguity of the sentence which includes quantifiers can be explained by the relative quantifier scope.