Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last…

In what manner did the Dragon King's household express their gratitude to their guest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: household · What happens: do, express · To what, where: manner, gratitude, guest

This is exam question 4 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
6	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 King	compound
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 household	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 King	case
9	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 express	nsubj
10	express	express	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 gratitude	nmod:poss
12	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 express	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 guest	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 guest	nmod:poss
15	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 express	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past				what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	express	present	the Dragon King's household	their gratitude	their guest				vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent gratitude=Theme to guest=Recipient

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 · ← Mova's choice

They praised him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 praised	obj
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 praised	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	They	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

They bowed and called him the bravest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 called	cc
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	obj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bravest	det
7	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 called	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	They						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	past	They not said here		him = he			brave property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3

They knelt and named him their greatest guest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knelt	nsubj
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 named	cc
4	named	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knelt	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 named	obj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 guest	nmod:poss
7	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 guest	amod
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 named	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 knelt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel	past	They						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	name	past	They not said here	him = he					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme guest=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They bowed down and proclaimed him the bravest warrior.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 bowed	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 proclaimed	cc
5	proclaimed	proclaim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 proclaimed	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 warrior	det
8	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 warrior	amod
9	warrior	warrior	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 proclaimed	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow down	past	They					down property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	proclaim	past	They not said here	him = he					vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme warrior=Attribute

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