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title: Which location is described as the monkey's permanent residence? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Mon… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which location is described as the monkey's permanent residence? Exam question 3 of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his tree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve…

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Which location is described as the monkey's permanent residence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** location

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1283 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a clever monkey tricks a shark into carrying him back to his tree» 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/1283-pg3454-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e3:1
# text = Which location is described as the monkey's permanent residence?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	permanent	permanent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which location |  |  |  | as the monkey's permanent residence | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as residence=Attribute |

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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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A wood of oaks beyond the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = A wood of oaks beyond the hill
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	oaks	oak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A grove of palms beyond the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = A grove of palms beyond the town
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A dense grove of coconut palms growing on the far side of the town walls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = A dense grove of coconut palms growing on the far side of the town walls
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	dense	dense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	coconut	coconut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	growing	grow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | gerund | coconut palms *not said here* |  |  | the far side of the town walls |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A large grove of tall palms standing just beyond the edge of the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = A large grove of tall palms standing just beyond the edge of the town
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	grove	grove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	palms	palm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	beyond	beyond	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | tall palms *not said here* |  |  | the edge of the town |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beyond edge=Location |

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