Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman…

State the reason the old man gives for the old woman's misfortune.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: give · To what, where: State reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	nsubj
7	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	13 misfortune	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 misfortune	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 woman	case
13	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gives	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	the old man	the State reason not said here				for the old woman's misfortune	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for misfortune=Asset

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

Her spite has earned its punishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 spite	nmod:poss
2	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 earned	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 earned	aux
4	earned	earn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 punishment	nmod:poss
6	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 earned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	earn	present · perfect	Her spite	spite's punishment	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent punishment=Theme
2	spite		Her = she		nom spite «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
3	punish		spite		nom punishment «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Her own wickedness has met its reward, as he says plainly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wickedness	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wickedness	amod
3	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 met	aux
5	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 reward	nmod:poss
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	11 says	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 says	nsubj
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 met	parataxis
12	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	11 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	meet	present · perfect	Her own wickedness	wickedness's reward		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Co-Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	he		plainly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	reward		wickedness			nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Her own wickedness has finally met its reward at last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wickedness	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wickedness	amod
3	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 met	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 met	aux
5	finally	finally	ADV	_	6 met	advmod
6	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 reward	nmod:poss
8	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 met	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 last	case
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 met	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present · perfect	Her own wickedness	wickedness's reward		last		finally property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Co-Agent
2	reward		wickedness						nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Her own wickedness has met its reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 wickedness	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wickedness	amod
3	wickedness	wickedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 met	aux
5	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 reward	nmod:poss
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 met	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	present · perfect	Her own wickedness	wickedness's reward					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reward=Co-Agent
2	reward		wickedness						nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent

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