Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 4: the…

Which of the following best describes the action of the old woman at the moment she lifted the lid of the box?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: woman, old woman · What happens: follow, describe, lift, act · To what, where: action, lid

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1344 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 4: the greedy old wife opens the big box and finds demons» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 woman	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 woman	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 woman	amod
12	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 action	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 moment	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 moment	det
15	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 woman	nmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lifted	nsubj
17	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 moment	acl:relcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 lid	det
19	lid	lid	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lifted	obj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 box	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 box	det
22	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lid	nmod
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the action of the old woman at the moment	of the best	tree rules
3	lift	past	woman	the lid of the box		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lid=Theme
4	act		the old woman at the moment			nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

She was confronted by a number of horrible demons that surrounded her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 confronted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 confronted	aux:pass
3	confronted	confront	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 number	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 demons	case
8	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 demons	amod
9	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 number	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 surrounded	nsubj:pass
11	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 demons	acl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 surrounded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confront	past · passive	a number of horrible demons	She					vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	surround	participle · passive		horrible demons					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She discovered the box held only a small note inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 box	det
4	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	nsubj
5	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 discovered	ccomp
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 note	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 note	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 note	amod
9	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 held	obj
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	9 note	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past	She						vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hold	past	the box	a small note					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme

Option 3

She was confronted by a crowd of horrible demons that surrounded her and then vanished into the air

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 confronted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 confronted	aux:pass
3	confronted	confront	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 crowd	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crowd	det
6	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confronted	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 demons	case
8	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 demons	amod
9	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crowd	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 surrounded	nsubj:pass
11	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 demons	acl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 surrounded	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 vanished	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 vanished	advmod
15	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 confronted	conj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 air	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 air	det
18	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	confront	past · passive	a crowd of horrible demons	She			vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	surround	participle · passive		horrible demons			tree rules
3	vanish	past	a crowd of horrible demons not said here		the air	then	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She was attacked by a number of horrible demons that surrounded her while she screamed for help from her husband at home

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	aux:pass
3	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 number	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 number	det
6	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 attacked	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 demons	case
8	horrible	horrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 demons	amod
9	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 number	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 surrounded	nsubj:pass
11	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 demons	acl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 surrounded	obj
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 screamed	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 screamed	nsubj
15	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 attacked	advcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 help	case
17	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 screamed	obl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 husband	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 husband	nmod:poss
20	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 screamed	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 home	case
22	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 screamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	attack	past · passive	a number of horrible demons	She			vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	surround	participle · passive		horrible demons			tree rules
3	scream speech: express	past	she		home	for help; from her husband	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

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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