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

Which of the following correctly identifies the sentiment of the Lady Sparrow towards the old man upon his departure?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: follow, identify, depart · To what, where: sentiment

This is exam question 3 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sentiment	det
8	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 Sparrow	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sparrow	det
11	Lady	Lady	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sparrow	compound
12	Sparrow	Sparrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sentiment	nmod
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	16 man	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 man	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 man	amod
16	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obl
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 departure	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 departure	nmod:poss
19	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 man	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the sentiment of the Lady Sparrow	towards the old man upon man's departure; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sentiment=Theme
3	depart		man			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

She felt proud that he had chosen wisely today

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 felt	xcomp
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 chosen	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chosen	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chosen	aux
7	chosen	choose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 felt	advcl
8	wisely	wisely	ADV	_	7 chosen	advmod
9	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chosen	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	She					proud property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	choose	past · perfect	he				today	wisely property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She felt deep sorrow for him, knowing he would have to endure the old wife's temper for the rest of his life

The tree, 23 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	2 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sorrow	amod
4	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 knowing	punct
8	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 felt	advcl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 have	aux
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 knowing	ccomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 endure	mark
13	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 have	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wife	det
15	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wife	amod
16	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 temper	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 wife	case
18	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 endure	obj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 rest	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 rest	det
21	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 endure	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 life	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 life	nmod:poss
24	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 rest	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	She	deep sorrow	for him = he	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent sorrow=Location for he=Theme
2	know	gerund	She not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	have	would	he			tree rules
4	endure	to-infinitive	he not said here	the old wife's temper	for the rest of his life	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme temper=Circumstance
5	temper		the old wife			nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She felt sorrow for him, having to endure the old wife for life

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 felt	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 having	punct
7	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 felt	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 endure	mark
9	endure	endure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 having	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wife	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wife	amod
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 endure	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 life	case
14	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 endure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	feel	past	She	sorrow	for him = he	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent sorrow=Location for he=Theme
2	have	gerund	She not said here			tree rules
3	endure	to-infinitive	She not said here	the old wife	for life	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wife=Circumstance

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She pitied him greatly and wished she could help him escape the old wife's cruel temper forever and always

The tree, 20 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	2 pitied	nsubj
2	pitied	pity	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pitied	obj
4	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	2 pitied	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wished	cc
6	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pitied	conj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 help	aux
9	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wished	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 help	obj
11	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 help	xcomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wife	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 wife	amod
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 temper	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 wife	case
16	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 temper	amod
17	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 escape	obj
18	forever	forever	ADV	_	11 escape	advmod
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 always	cc
20	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	18 forever	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pity	past	She	him = he	greatly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	wish	past	She not said here			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	help	could	she	him = he		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	escape	infinitive	him = he not said here	the old wife's cruel temper	forever property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme temper=Initial_Location
5	temper		the old wife			nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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