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title: Which agent first wounded the monkey within the crab's residence? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which agent first wounded the monkey within the crab's residence? Exam question 1 of lesson 1374 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young crab takes revenge on the monkey who killed his father» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young c…

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Which agent first wounded the monkey within the crab's residence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** agent · **What happens:** wound · **To what, where:** monkey

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1374 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young crab takes revenge on the monkey who killed his father» 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/1374-pg4018-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e1:1
# text = Which agent first wounded the monkey within the crab's residence?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
4	wounded	wound	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	residence	residence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wound** | past | which agent | the monkey |  |  |  | within the crab's residence; first *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus monkey=Experiencer |

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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 stone, dropped from the high gate roof

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = the stone, dropped from the high gate roof
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | participle | the stone |  |  | the high gate roof |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from roof=Trajectory |

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

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the chestnut, concealed within the hearth ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = the chestnut, concealed within the hearth ashes
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | participle | the chestnut |  |  |  |  | within the hearth ashes | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the bee, hidden among the garden flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = the bee, hidden among the garden flowers
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	among	among	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | the bee *not said here* |  | the garden flowers |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among flower=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
the chestnut, hidden in the hearth ashes and burning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = the chestnut, hidden in the hearth ashes and burning
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	burning	burning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | the chestnut *not said here* |  | the hearth ashes and burning |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location |

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