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

Which of the following statements is consistent with the events described in this part of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: events · What happens: follow, be, describe · To what, where: part

This is exam question 4 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	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	SCONJ	_	11 described	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 events	det
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 described	nsubj
11	described	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	advcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 part	case
13	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 part	det
14	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 described	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 narrative	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 part	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; consistent property	tree rules
3	describe	past	the events	this part of the narrative		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The old woman carried the big box homeward, stopping often to rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 homeward	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 homeward	amod
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 homeward	compound
8	homeward	homeward	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stopping	punct
10	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 carried	advcl
11	often	often	ADV	_	13 rest	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 rest	mark
13	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 carried	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the old woman	the big box homeward		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme
2	stop	gerund	the old woman not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	rest	to-infinitive	the old woman not said here		often property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The old woman left the box behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	behind	behind	ADV	_	4 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	the old woman	the box				behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Option 3

The old man carried the small box home slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj
4	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 box	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 box	amod
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	4 carried	advmod
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the old man	the small box				home, slowly property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme

Option 4

The old woman opened the box at her doorstep at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 woman	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 woman	amod
3	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	nsubj
4	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 doorstep	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 doorstep	nmod:poss
9	doorstep	doorstep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 once	case
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	the old woman	the box		woman's doorstep			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent box=Theme at doorstep=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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