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title: yo, did the monkey really dodge the puma or nah? — Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green:… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, did the monkey really dodge the puma or nah? Test 1 · ★ 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was wro
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# Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Jack-in-the-Green: the monkey sticks f…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yo, did the monkey really dodge the puma or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, dodge · **To what, where:** monkey, puma

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t1:1
# text = yo, did the monkey really dodge the puma or nah?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dodge	dodge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	puma	puma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the monkey |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dodge** | present |  | the puma |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent puma=Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he grabbed a creeper and swung up a tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t1:o1:1
# text = Yeah, he grabbed a creeper and swung up a tree
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	creeper	creeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | a creeper |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creeper=Theme |
| 2 | **swing up** | past | he *not said here* | a tree |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he grabbed a vine and climbed up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t1:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he grabbed a vine and climbed up
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vine	vine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | a vine |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vine=Theme |
| 2 | **climb up** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he grabbed a creeper that hung down and swung up into a tall tree

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t1:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he grabbed a creeper that hung down and swung up into a tall tree
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	creeper	creeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	swung	swing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | a creeper |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creeper=Theme |
| 2 | **hang down** | past | a creeper |  |  |  |  | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **swing up** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | a tall tree |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into tree=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he grabbed a long creeper, swung up a big tree and escaped

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1260-pg3282-part61:t1:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he grabbed a long creeper, swung up a big tree and escaped
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	grabbed	grab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	creeper	creeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	swung	swing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past | he | a long creeper |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent creeper=Theme |
| 2 | **swing up** | participle | a long creeper *not said here* | a big tree |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tree=Theme |
| 3 | **escape** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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