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title: Dude, did the stag learn his lesson at all? — South American Tales, The Puma and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dude, did the stag learn his lesson at all? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Test 12 · ★ · South American Tales, The Puma and the Monkey, part 62: th…

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Dude, did the stag learn his lesson at all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dude · **What happens:** learn · **To what, where:** lesson, all

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t12:1
# text = Dude, did the stag learn his lesson at all?
1	Dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | past · do-support | Dude | stag's lesson |  | all |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic |

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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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Nope, he kept walking with the puma the next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t12:o1:1
# text = Nope, he kept walking with the puma the next day
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	puma	puma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  | day | with the puma | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nope, he went back again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t12:o2:1
# text = Nope, he went back again
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go back** | past | he |  |  |  | again |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |

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

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Yeah, he got wise later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, he got wise later
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	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | late, wise *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he got scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1261-pg3282-part62:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he got scared
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	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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