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title: Was the monkey scared when he sat on the shark's back? — Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Mon… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the monkey scared when he sat on the shark's back? Test 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 of the questio
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# Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Heart of a Monkey, part 1: a cleve…

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Was the monkey scared when he sat on the shark's back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** monkey · **What happens:** be, sit · **To what, where:** back

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t4:1
# text = Was the monkey scared when he sat on the shark's back?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the monkey |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **sit** | past | monkey |  |  | the shark's back |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on back=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 {#o1}

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No, he felt quite calm and relaxed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t4:o1:1
# text = No, he felt quite calm and relaxed
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	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	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	relaxed	relaxed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, he clung on tight the whole time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t4:o2:1
# text = Yes, he clung on tight the whole time
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	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	clung	cling	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cling on** | past | he |  |  |  | time | tight *property* | vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Kinda at first, then he got into it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t4:o3:1
# text = Kinda at first, then he got into it
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | he |  |  | it | then | kinda *property* | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into it=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Nope, not at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1283-pg3454-part8:t4:o4:1
# text = Nope, not at all
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	0	root	_	_
```

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

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