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Bei der Schätzfrage sets the context: it means something like when it comes to the estimation question or on the estimation question.
In German, bei is often used not just for physical location, but also for situations, events, or cases. Here it means in the case of / with regard to the estimation question.
So:
- Bei der Schätzfrage = as for the estimation question
- then the rest tells you what is true in that context
You could also say:
- Wir liegen bei der Schätzfrage daneben.
That has basically the same meaning, but the original sentence puts the context first.
Because bei takes the dative case, and die Schätzfrage is a feminine noun.
So the article changes like this:
- nominative: die Schätzfrage
- dative: der Schätzfrage
That is why you get:
- bei der Schätzfrage