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title: What is the purpose of the monkey's final words to the shark? — Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What is the purpose of the monkey's final words to the shark? Exam question 2 of lesson 1285 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is carried off by fairies and rescued by her husband» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 2 · Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is c…

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What is the purpose of the monkey's final words to the shark?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, final words, monkey · **What happens:** be, purpose, word

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1285 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Fairy Nurse: the farmer's wife is carried off by fairies and rescued by her husband» 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/1285-pg3454-part10/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e2:1
# text = What is the purpose of the monkey's final words to the shark?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	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	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the purpose of the monkey's final words to the shark |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | the monkey's final words to the shark |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **word** |  | the monkey |  |  |  |  | to the shark | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To dismiss the shark on his homeward voyage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e2:o1:1
# text = To dismiss the shark on his homeward voyage
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	homeward	homeward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismiss** | to-infinitive |  | the shark |  | his homeward voyage |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Theme |
| 2 | **voyage** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To warn the shark of danger ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e2:o2:1
# text = To warn the shark of danger ahead
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	warn	warn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | the shark of danger |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shark=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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To dismiss the shark so the monkey can escape the water and climb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e2:o3:1
# text = To dismiss the shark so the monkey can escape the water and climb
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismiss** | to-infinitive |  | the shark |  |  |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shark=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | can | the monkey | the water |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **climb** | present | the monkey *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To dismiss the shark on his long homeward voyage back to sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1285-pg3454-part10:e2:o4:1
# text = To dismiss the shark on his long homeward voyage back to sea
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dismiss	dismiss	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shark	shark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	homeward	homeward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	voyage	voyage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismiss** | to-infinitive |  | the shark |  | his long homeward voyage |  | to sea | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shark=Theme to sea=Destination |
| 2 | **voyage** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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