Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…

What is the principal emotion the old man experiences upon discovering that the sparrow is alive and well?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man, sparrow · What happens: be, experience, discover · To what, where: principal emotion

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 emotion	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 emotion	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 emotion	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 emotion	amod
5	emotion	emotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 experiences	nsubj
9	experiences	experience	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 emotion	acl:relcl
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 discovering	mark
11	discovering	discover	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 experiences	advcl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 alive	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sparrow	det
14	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 alive	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 alive	cop
16	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 discovering	ccomp
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 well	cc
18	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 alive	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 emotion	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal emotion		tree rules
2	experience	present	the old man	the principal emotion not said here		vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emotion=Stimulus
3	discover	gerund	the old man not said here			vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	the sparrow		alive property	tree rules

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

Pure relief mixed with deep sadness and regret about his cruel wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 relief	amod
2	relief	relief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mixed	obl:unmarked
3	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 sadness	case
5	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sadness	amod
6	sadness	sadness	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mixed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 regret	cc
8	regret	regret	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 mixed	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	12 wife	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 wife	nmod:poss
11	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wife	amod
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 regret	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mix	participle		Pure relief				with deep sadness	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with sadness=Co-Patient
2	regret	present						about his cruel wife	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Anger at the bird for hiding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 bird	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Anger	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 hiding	case
6	hiding	hiding	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bird	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Joy and rejoicing at finding her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Joy	Joy	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 rejoicing	cc
3	rejoicing	rejoice	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Joy	acl
4	at	at	SCONJ	_	5 finding	mark
5	finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 rejoicing	advcl
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 finding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rejoice	gerund	Joy not said here						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	find	gerund	Joy not said here	Joy					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Overwhelming joy and happiness at finally finding the sparrow alive again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overwhelming	overwhelming	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 joy	amod
2	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 happiness	cc
4	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 joy	conj
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	7 finding	mark
6	finally	finally	ADV	_	7 finding	advmod
7	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 joy	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sparrow	det
9	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 finding	obj
10	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 finding	xcomp
11	again	again	ADV	_	7 finding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund	Overwhelming joy and happiness not said here	the sparrow			again	alive, finally property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparrow=Topic

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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