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title: yo did the monkey actually eat all the good persimmons or nah? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo did the monkey actually eat all the good persimmons or nah? Test 1 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: th…

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yo did the monkey actually eat all the good persimmons or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** yo, monkey · **What happens:** do, eat · **To what, where:** monkey, good persimmons

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This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t1:1
# text = yo did the monkey actually eat all the good persimmons or nah?
1	yo	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	10	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	persimmons	persimmon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | yo | the monkey |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Eventuality |
| 2 | **eat** | present | the monkey *not said here* | all good persimmons |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent persimmon=Patient |

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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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yep, he ate the green ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t1:o1:1
# text = yep, he ate the green ones
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	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	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | he | the green ones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, most of them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t1:o2:1
# text = yeah, most of them
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he ate all the ripe ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t1:o3:1
# text = yep, he ate all the ripe ones
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	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	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | he | all ripe ones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he ate all the sweet ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t1:o4:1
# text = yep, he ate all the sweet ones
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	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	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | he | all sweet ones |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |

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