Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last…

By what means did the warrior determine to make his final shot against the monster?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: warrior · What happens: mean, determine, make · To what, where: final shot

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 determine	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 determine	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 warrior	det
6	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 determine	nsubj
7	determine	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 make	mark
9	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 determine	xcomp
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 shot	nmod:poss
11	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shot	amod
12	shot	shot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	obj
13	against	against	ADP	_	15 monster	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 monster	det
15	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 make	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	determine	past · do-support	the warrior			vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	make	to-infinitive	the warrior not said here	warrior's final shot	against the monster	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset shot=Product

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

Option 1

He held it in his mouth.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 held	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 mouth	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mouth	nmod:poss
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	He	it		his mouth			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mouth=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He placed his last arrow in his mouth before firing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 placed	nsubj
2	placed	place	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 arrow	nmod:poss
4	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 arrow	amod
5	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 mouth	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mouth	nmod:poss
8	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 placed	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 firing	mark
10	firing	fire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 placed	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 placed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past	He	his last arrow		his mouth			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arrow=Theme in mouth=Destination
2	fire	gerund	He not said here						vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He bit the arrow before shooting it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bit	nsubj
2	bit	bite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrow	det
4	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bit	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 shooting	mark
6	shooting	shoot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 bit	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shooting	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	past	He	the arrow					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrow=Patient
2	shoot	gerund	He not said here	arrow					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He coated the arrow with saliva before firing it.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 coated	nsubj
2	coated	coat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 arrow	det
4	arrow	arrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 coated	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 saliva	case
6	saliva	saliva	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrow	nmod
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 firing	mark
8	firing	fire	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 coated	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 firing	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 coated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coat	past	He	the arrow				with saliva	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent arrow=Destination with saliva=Theme
2	fire	gerund	He not said here	arrow					vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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