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title: What was the final disposition of the monkey, as enacted by the youn… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the final disposition of the monkey, as enacted by the young crab? Exam question 3 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 prag
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young c…

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What was the final disposition of the monkey, as enacted by the young crab?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, enact · **To what, where:** final disposition

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e3:1
# text = What was the final disposition of the monkey, as enacted by the young crab?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	disposition	disposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	enacted	enact	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	crab	crab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the final disposition |  |  |  | of the monkey | tree rules |
| 2 | **enact** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the young crab | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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decapitation with the pitcher claws and a stone mortar

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e3:o1:1
# text = decapitation with the pitcher claws and a stone mortar
1	decapitation	decapitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	mortar	mortar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a stabbing with the knife

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e3:o2:1
# text = a stabbing with the knife
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stabbing	stab	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	knife	knife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stab** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the knife | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with knife=Instrument |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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strangulation with the sharp claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e3:o3:1
# text = strangulation with the sharp claws
1	strangulation	strangulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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decapitation with the pitcher claws

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e3:o4:1
# text = decapitation with the pitcher claws
1	decapitation	decapitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pitcher	pitcher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	claws	claw	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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