Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…

Which feature of the fairy house is identified in the text as a decorative alcove?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: identify, feature · To what, where: feature, text, fairy house

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 feature	det
2	feature	feature	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identified	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 house	compound
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feature	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 identified	aux:pass
8	identified	identify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 text	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 text	det
11	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identified	obl
12	as	as	ADP	_	15 alcove	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 alcove	det
14	decorative	decorative	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 alcove	amod
15	alcove	alcove	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 identified	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 identified	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	present · passive		which feature of the fairy house		the text		as a decorative alcove	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as alcove=Attribute
2	feature			the fairy house					nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

The raised wooden platform displaying rare objects in the main hall room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 platform	det
2	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 platform	amod
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 platform	amod
4	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	displaying	display	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 platform	acl
6	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 objects	amod
7	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 displaying	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 room	det
10	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 room	amod
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 room	compound
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 displaying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	participle							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	display	gerund	the raised wooden platform not said here	rare objects		the main hall room			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme

Option 2

The hearth with a brass kettle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hearth	det
2	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 kettle	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kettle	det
5	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 kettle	compound
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hearth	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The tokonoma displaying precious objects

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tokonoma	det
2	tokonoma	tokonoma	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	displaying	display	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 tokonoma	acl
4	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 objects	amod
5	objects	object	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 displaying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	gerund	the tokonoma not said here	precious objects					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme

Option 4

The tokonoma alcove displaying precious scrolls and a golden vase on the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 alcove	det
2	tokonoma	tokonoma	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 alcove	compound
3	alcove	alcove	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	displaying	display	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 alcove	acl
5	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 scrolls	amod
6	scrolls	scroll	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 displaying	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 vase	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 vase	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 vase	amod
10	vase	vase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scrolls	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 wall	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wall	det
13	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 displaying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	gerund	the tokonoma alcove not said here	precious scrolls and a golden vase		the wall			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scroll=Theme

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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