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title: Which tale commences directly after the death of the monkey? — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which tale commences directly after the death of the monkey? Exam question 4 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 the q
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# Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young c…

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Which tale commences directly after the death of the monkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tale, monkey · **What happens:** commence, die

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e4:1
# text = Which tale commences directly after the death of the monkey?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	commences	commence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	monkey	monkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commence** | present | which tale |  |  |  | after the death of the monkey | directly *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **die** |  | the monkey |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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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The Hare and the Turtle Race

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e4:o1:1
# text = The Hare and the Turtle Race
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Race	Race	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Clever Hare Who Escaped the Crocodiles at the River

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e4:o2:1
# text = The Clever Hare Who Escaped the Crocodiles at the River
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Clever	Clever	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	Escaped	escape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Crocodiles	Crocodile	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	River	River	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **escape** | past | the Clever Hare | the Crocodiles |  | the River |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme crocodile=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Wolf King Who Tricked the Sea Crocodiles Long Ago

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e4:o3:1
# text = The Wolf King Who Tricked the Sea Crocodiles Long Ago
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Wolf	Wolf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	Tricked	trick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Crocodiles	Crocodile	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	Long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
10	Ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trick** | past | the Wolf King | the Sea Crocodiles |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crocodile=Patient |

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

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The White Hare and the Crocodiles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1374-pg4018-part34:e4:o4:1
# text = The White Hare and the Crocodiles
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	White	White	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Crocodiles	Crocodile	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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