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title: Which of the following did the young crab discover beside his father… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following did the young crab discover beside his father's body? Exam question 3 of lesson 1373 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: the monkey eats the ripe persimmons and kills the crab» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: th…

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Which of the following did the young crab discover beside his father's body?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1373 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: the monkey eats the ripe persimmons and kills the crab» 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/1373-pg4018-part33/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:e3:1
# text = Which of the following did the young crab discover beside his father's body?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
9	discover	discover	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **discover** | present |  |  |  | crab's father's body |  | of the young crab | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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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the broken shell of a crab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:e3:o1:1
# text = the broken shell of a crab
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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

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the unripe persimmons thrown at him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:e3:o2:1
# text = the unripe persimmons thrown at him
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unripe	unripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	persimmons	persimmon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  | the unripe persimmons *not said here* |  |  |  | at him *= he* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at he=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the ripe persimmons nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:e3:o3:1
# text = the ripe persimmons nearby
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	persimmons	persimmon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the sour fruit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:e3:o4:1
# text = the sour fruit
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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