--- title: why did the monkey and the dog start fighting, fr — Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 4… · tree and pragmatics description: why did the monkey and the dog start fighting, fr Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1380-pg4018-part40/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 4…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1380-pg4018-part40/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h… why did the monkey and the dog start fighting, fr **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** monkey · **What happens:** start, fight · **To what, where:** fr This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» 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/1380-pg4018-part40/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t7:1 # text = why did the monkey and the dog start fighting, fr 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 start start VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 fighting fight VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fr fr NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **start** | past · do-support | the monkey and the dog | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **fight** | gerund | the monkey and the dog *not said here* | fr | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fr=Co-Agent | 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} The monkey stole the dog's cake, so yeah, fight ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t7:o1:1 # text = The monkey stole the dog's cake, so yeah, fight 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stole steal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 12 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 fight fight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **steal** | past | the monkey | the dog's cake | | | | fight *obl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cake=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They always hate each other, it's their thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t7:o2:1 # text = They always hate each other, it's their thing 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ _ 3 hate hate VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hate** | present | They | each | | | | always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus | | 2 | **is a** | present | it | their thing | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Over the cakes, I guess ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t7:o3:1 # text = Over the cakes, I guess 1 Over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cakes cake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 guess guess VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | present | I | | | the cakes | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because they're fighting ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1380-pg4018-part40:t7:o4:1 # text = Because they're fighting 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fight** | present · progressive | they | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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