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title: «Monkey from China swings by his tail, all monkeys do» What is right? — Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes a… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Monkey from China swings by his tail, all monkeys do» What is right? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» of the biology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys

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«Monkey from China swings by his tail, all monkeys do» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Monkey, monkeys · **What happens:** swing, do, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 137 «Kung Fu Panda: real mantises, snakes and monkeys» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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/biology/137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t3:1
# text = «Monkey from China swings by his tail, all monkeys do» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	swings	swing	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swing** *in a quote* | present | Monkey from China |  |  |  |  | by Monkey's tail | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by tail=Trajectory |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | all monkeys |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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No monkey anywhere can grip with its tail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t3:o1:1
# text = No monkey anywhere can grip with its tail
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	2	advmod	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	grip	grip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grip** | can | no monkey |  |  |  |  | with monkey's tail | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with tail=Instrument |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, every monkey can hang by its tail, wherever in the whole world it lives

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t3:o2:1
# text = Yes, every monkey can hang by its tail, wherever in the whole world it lives
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	lives	live	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | can | every monkey |  |  |  |  | by monkey's tail; wherever *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=Location |
| 2 | **live** | present | monkey | the whole world *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme world=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, Chinese monkeys have the strongest tails

```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t3:o3:1
# text = Yes, Chinese monkeys have the strongest tails
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	strongest	strong	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Chinese monkeys | the strongest tails |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No monkey from Asia or Africa can hang by its tail; only some American ones can

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:biology:137-kung-fu-panda-real-mantises-snakes-and-monkeys:t3:o4:1
# text = No monkey from Asia or Africa can hang by its tail; only some American ones can
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Asia	Asia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	hang	hang	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
13	only	only	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
15	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
17	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | can | no monkey from Asia or Africa |  |  |  |  | by monkey's tail | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by tail=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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