--- title: What action does the monkey take in order to deceive the shark? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Mon… · tree and pragmatics description: What action does the monkey take in order to deceive the shark? Exam question 4 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1283-pg3454-part8/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Mon…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1283-pg3454-part8/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve… What action does the monkey take in order to deceive the shark? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** take in, deceive · **To what, where:** order, shark This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e4:1 # text = What action does the monkey take in order to deceive the shark? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 deceive deceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 shark shark NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take in** | present · do-support | what action | order | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 2 | **deceive** | to-infinitive | what action *not said here* | the shark | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Patient | 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} He hides his heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e4:o1:1 # text = He hides his heart 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hides hide VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | present | He | his heart | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He claims his heart is hung on a tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e4:o2:1 # text = He claims his heart is hung on a tree 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 claims claim VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **claim** *speech: other* | present | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hang** | present · passive | | his heart | | a tree | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on tree=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} He tells a story about his heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e4:o3:1 # text = He tells a story about his heart 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tells tell VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 about about ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | He | a story | | | | about his heart | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent story=Recipient about heart=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} He says his heart is in a tree ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:e4:o4:1 # text = He says his heart is in a tree 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | his heart | | | a tree | | | tree rules | **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. 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