Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the bo…

Which of the following statements, concerning the object given to Urashima by the Princess, is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following statements · What happens: follow, concern, give, be · To what, where: object, Urashima

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1347 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the box and grows old» 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 statements	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	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 concerning	punct
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 object	det
9	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
10	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 object	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Urashima	case
12	Urashima	Urashima	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 Princess	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Princess	det
15	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 given	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 accurate	punct
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 accurate	cop
18	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 statements	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 statements	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund	the following statements not said here	the object			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus object=Experiencer
3	give	participle		the object not said here	Urashima	by the Princess	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to urashima=Recipient
4	is	present				accurate property	tree rules

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

It was a silver box tied with a blue woven ribbon.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 box	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 box	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 box	det
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 box	compound
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 box	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 ribbon	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 ribbon	det
9	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ribbon	amod
10	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 ribbon	amod
11	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a silver box		tree rules
2	tie	participle		a silver box not said here	with a blue woven ribbon	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with ribbon=Co-Patient
3	weave	participle				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It was a lacquer box tied with a red silken cord and sealed with gold wax.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 box	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 box	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 box	det
4	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 box	compound
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 box	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 cord	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cord	det
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cord	amod
10	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cord	amod
11	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 sealed	cc
13	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 tied	conj
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 wax	case
15	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 wax	compound
16	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sealed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a lacquer box		tree rules
2	tie	participle		a lacquer box not said here	with a red silken cord	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with cord=Co-Patient
3	seal	participle			with gold wax	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

It was a jade box with a gold clasp.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 box	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 box	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 box	det
4	jade	jade	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 box	compound
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 clasp	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 clasp	det
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clasp	compound
9	clasp	clasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 box	nmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a jade box				with a gold clasp	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was a lacquer box tied with a red silken cord.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 box	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 box	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 box	det
4	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 box	compound
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 box	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	11 cord	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cord	det
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cord	amod
10	silken	silken	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cord	amod
11	cord	cord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tied	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	a lacquer box					tree rules
2	tie	participle		a lacquer box not said here				with a red silken cord	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with cord=Co-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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