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title: what'd the Monkeys do for fun back in the day? — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics
description: what'd the Monkeys do for fun back in the day? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 9 · ★ · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden…

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what'd the Monkeys do for fun back in the day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Monkeys · **What happens:** do back

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:t9:1
# text = what'd the Monkeys do for fun back in the day?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do back** | present | the Monkeys |  |  |  | day | for fun | vn act-114-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Pulled tails and threw nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:t9:o1:1
# text = Pulled tails and threw nuts
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | past | Pulled tails | nuts |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Chased birds across the fields

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:t9:o2:1
# text = Chased birds across the fields
1	Chased	chase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pulled tails of animals without wings and threw nuts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:t9:o3:1
# text = Pulled tails of animals without wings and threw nuts
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | past | Pulled tails of animals without wings | nuts |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nut=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pulled tails and threw nuts at the animals who could not fly away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:t9:o4:1
# text = Pulled tails and threw nuts at the animals who could not fly away
1	Pulled	pull	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	tails	tail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
4	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
10	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **throw** | past | Pulled tails | nuts |  |  |  | at the animals | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent nut=Theme at animal=Destination |
| 3 | **not** **fly away** | could | the animals |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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