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title: how did the crab's son even figure out it was the monkey? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did the crab's son even figure out it was the monkey? Test 4 · ★ 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 question a
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# Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: th…

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how did the crab's son even figure out it was the monkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crab · **What happens:** figure out, be · **To what, where:** monkey

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t4:1
# text = how did the crab's son even figure out it was the monkey?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	figure	figure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	out	out	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **figure out** | past · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | crab | the monkey |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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he noticed the monkey's footprints nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t4:o1:1
# text = he noticed the monkey's footprints nearby
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	footprints	footprint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
7	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | he | the monkey's footprints |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer footprint=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he smelled the fruit on him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t4:o2:1
# text = he smelled the fruit on him
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | he | the fruit |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme on he=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he remembered his dad's story and then saw the peel under the tree

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t4:o3:1
# text = he remembered his dad's story and then saw the peel under the tree
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	peel	peel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	under	under	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | past | he | his dad's story |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | he *not said here* | the peel |  | the tree | then |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peel=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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he remembered his dad's story and saw the peel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1373-pg4018-part33:t4:o4:1
# text = he remembered his dad's story and saw the peel
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|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	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	peel	peel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remember** | past | he | his dad's story |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent story=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | he *not said here* | the peel |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer peel=Stimulus |

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