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title: What action did the Monkey King's grandfather take against Quelala b… — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics
description: What action did the Monkey King's grandfather take against Quelala beside the river? Exam question 4 of lesson 1603 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and the Monkeys carry the travelers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden…

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What action did the Monkey King's grandfather take against Quelala beside the river?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, grandfather · **What happens:** do, take · **To what, where:** river

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1603 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and the Monkeys carry the travelers» 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/1603-pg55-part18/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e4:1
# text = What action did the Monkey King's grandfather take against Quelala beside the river?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
10	against	against	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Quelala	Quelala	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | action |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** | infinitive | the Monkey King's grandfather |  |  | the river |  | against Quelala | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against quelala=Destination |

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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 dropped him into the water and watched him sink slowly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e4:o1:1
# text = He dropped him into the water and watched him sink slowly
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	sink	sink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | He | him *= he* |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into water=Destination |
| 2 | **watch** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sink** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He pushed him off the bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e4:o2:1
# text = He pushed him off the bridge
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pushed	push	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | past | He | him *= he* |  | the bridge |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme off bridge=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He picked him up from the riverbank and dropped him into the cold water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e4:o3:1
# text = He picked him up from the riverbank and dropped him into the cold water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
10	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick up** | past | He | him *= he* |  | the riverbank |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 2 | **drop** | past | He *not said here* | him *= he* |  | the cold water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into water=Destination |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He dropped him into the water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e4:o4:1
# text = He dropped him into the water
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | He | him *= he* |  | the water |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into water=Destination |

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