how do I abstract this pattern ?

[HP Wei]

Suppose p1, p2, p3 are 3 predicates
that take an input -- say, a String.
They return either (True, result)
            or     False.

I want to get an effect like in this expression:

case p1 s of 
   (True, r) -> r
   False -> case p2 s of 
               (True, r) -> r
               False -> case p3 s of
                           (True, r) -> r
                           False -> none

Is this a job for Maybe monad ?
How do I do that ?

Thanks
HP
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