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description: Which object does the puma describe as a lovely bracelet, and what is its actual effect on the stag? Exam question 3 of lesson 1261 «South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma» of the books course of Mov
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# Exam question 3 · South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: th…

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Which object does the puma describe as a lovely bracelet, and what is its actual effect on the stag?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, describe, be · **To what, where:** puma, actual effect, stag

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1261 «South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: the puma tricks the stag, the stag is framed for theft, the monkey outwits the puma» 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/1261-pg3282-part62/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:e3:1
# text = Which object does the puma describe as a lovely bracelet, and what is its actual effect on the stag?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	puma	puma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bracelet	bracelet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	17	nsubj	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
16	actual	actual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | which object | the puma |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | present | which object *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as a lovely bracelet | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as bracelet=Attribute |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | object's actual effect |  | the stag |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A shining snake, which bites him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:e3:o1:1
# text = A shining snake, which bites him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	snake	snake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	bites	bite	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **bite** | present | a shining snake | snake |  |  |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A bright bowl, which burns him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:e3:o2:1
# text = A bright bowl, which burns him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	burns	burn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | present | a bright bowl | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A bracelet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:e3:o3:1
# text = A bracelet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bracelet	bracelet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A shiny stone, which trips him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:e3:o4:1
# text = A shiny stone, which trips him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	trips	trip	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | present | a shiny stone | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Agent |

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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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