Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 6: Urashima ride…

Which of the following describes the view to the north from the garden?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: view

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1346 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 6: Urashima rides a tortoise to the Sea King's palace, is welcomed, and is married to the Princess.» 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	5 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	5 describes	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 describes	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 describes	nsubj
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 view	det
7	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 north	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 north	det
10	north	north	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 view	nmod
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 garden	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 garden	det
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 north	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the view				to the north from the garden	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent view=Theme to north=be'

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

Snowy fields and a frozen river bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snowy	snowy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fields	amod
2	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bank	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bank	det
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bank	amod
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bank	compound
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fields	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Snow-capped hills and an icy stream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 capped	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Snow	punct
3	capped	cap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hills	amod
4	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stream	cc
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stream	det
7	icy	icy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 stream	amod
8	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hills	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cap	participle							vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Snow-covered ground and a frozen pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Snow	punct
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ground	amod
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 pond	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pond	det
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pond	amod
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ground	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle							vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Snow-covered ground, a frozen pond and bare branches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 covered	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Snow	punct
3	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ground	amod
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pond	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pond	det
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pond	amod
8	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ground	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 branches	cc
10	bare	bare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 branches	amod
11	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ground	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cover	participle							vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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