Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman…

Describe the means by which Urashima persuades the boys to surrender the tortoise.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, the, Urashima · What happens: describe, mean, persuade, surrender · To what, where: boys, tortoise · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Describe	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 persuades	obl
6	Urashima	Urashima	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 persuades	nsubj
7	persuades	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boys	det
9	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 persuades	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 surrender	mark
11	surrender	surrender	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 persuades	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tortoise	det
13	tortoise	tortoise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 surrender	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	persuade	present	Urashima	the boys	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Patient
4	surrender	to-infinitive	Urashima not said here	the tortoise	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent tortoise=Theme

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

He offers the boys a generous amount of money tied on a string

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offers	nsubj
2	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boys	det
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 offers	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 amount	det
6	generous	generous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 amount	amod
7	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offers	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 money	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 amount	nmod
10	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 money	acl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 string	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 string	det
13	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	offer	present	He	a generous amount of money	the boys		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent boy=Goal amount=Theme
2	tie	participle		money not said here		on a string	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient on string=Co-Patient
3	amount			money			nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He offers a pile of money strung on a string to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offers	nsubj
2	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pile	det
4	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offers	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 money	case
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pile	nmod
7	strung	string	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 money	acl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 string	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 string	det
10	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 strung	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 them	case
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offers	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present	He	a pile of money	them = they				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent pile=Theme to they=Goal
2	string	participle		money not said here		a string			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on string=Destination

Option 3

He promises the boys a fine reward

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 promises	nsubj
2	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boys	det
4	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 promises	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reward	det
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 reward	amod
7	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 promises	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	promise speech: promise	present	He	a fine reward	the boys				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent boy=Goal reward=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He offers money strung on a string

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 offers	nsubj
2	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 offers	obj
4	strung	string	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 money	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 string	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 string	det
7	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 strung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present	He	money					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	string	participle		money not said here		a string			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on string=Destination

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