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title: Why did the puma fail to capture the monkey at the pool on the occas… — Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the puma fail to capture the monkey at the pool on the occasion described? Exam question 3 of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

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Why did the puma fail to capture the monkey at the pool on the occasion described?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, capture, describe · **To what, where:** puma fail, monkey, pool, occasion

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1260 «Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks fast to a waxen figure» 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/1260-pg3282-part61/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e3:1
# text = Why did the puma fail to capture the monkey at the pool on the occasion described?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	puma	puma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fail	fail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	capture	capture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the puma fail |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fail=Eventuality |
| 2 | **capture** | to-infinitive |  | the monkey |  | the pool on the occasion |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Theme |
| 3 | **describe** | participle |  | the occasion *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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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He struck late, and the monkey was gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e3:o1:1
# text = He struck late, and the monkey was gone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	struck	strike	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | past | He |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **is** | past | the monkey |  |  |  |  | gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He moved too early at the pool and so the cunning monkey saw him coming and escaped

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e3:o2:1
# text = He moved too early at the pool and so the cunning monkey saw him coming and escaped
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pool	pool	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	cunning	cunning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	xcomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | He |  |  | the pool |  | early *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at pool=Trajectory |
| 2 | **see** | past | the cunning monkey | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | gerund | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **escape** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He moved prematurely and alerted his quarry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e3:o3:1
# text = He moved prematurely and alerted his quarry
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	prematurely	prematurely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	alerted	alert	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	quarry	quarry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | He |  |  |  |  | prematurely *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **alert** *speech: other* | past | He *not said here* | his quarry |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent quarry=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He stirred the leaves before the right moment and the wary monkey heard him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:e3:o4:1
# text = He stirred the leaves before the right moment and the wary monkey heard him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stirred	stir	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wary	wary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stir** | past | He | the leaves |  |  | moment |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus leaf=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hear** | past | the wary monkey | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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