Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last…
What was the precise nature of the gifts bestowed upon Hidesato at his departure?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: precise nature, Hidesato · What happens: be, bestow, depart · To what, where: gifts, departure
This is exam question 3 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 nature | det |
| 4 | precise | precise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nature | amod |
| 5 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 gifts | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gifts | det |
| 8 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 nature | nmod |
| 9 | bestowed | bestow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 gifts | acl |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 11 Hidesato | case |
| 11 | Hidesato | Hidesato | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 bestowed | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 departure | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 departure | nmod:poss |
| 14 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bestowed | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the precise nature of the gifts | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | bestow | participle | the gifts not said here | Hidesato's departure | upon Hidesato | tree rules | |||
| 3 | depart | Hidesato | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=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
Option 1
Three gifts, some of them magical.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 gifts | nummod |
| 2 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 magical | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 gifts | punct |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 magical | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 some | nmod |
| 7 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 magical | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Five presents, of which several were magical, given at the palace gate before he left.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 presents | nummod |
| 2 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 magical | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 several | punct |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 several | obl |
| 6 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 presents | conj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 magical | cop |
| 8 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 given | punct |
| 10 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 magical | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 gate | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 gate | det |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gate | compound |
| 14 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 given | obl |
| 15 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 17 left | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 left | nsubj |
| 17 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 given | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 magical | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Five presents | magical property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | Five presents not said here | the palace gate | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at gate=Asset | ||||
| 3 | leave | past | he | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Five presents, of which several were magical.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 presents | nummod |
| 2 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 magical | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 several | punct |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 several | obl |
| 6 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 presents | conj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 magical | cop |
| 8 | magical | magical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 magical | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Five presents | magical property | tree rules |
Option 4
Five gifts, many of them made of jade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 gifts | nummod |
| 2 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 made | punct |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 made | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 many | nmod |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gifts | acl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 jade | case |
| 9 | jade | jade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gifts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | participle · passive | Five gifts not said here | many of gifts | of jade | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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