Test 9 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the bo…
What's the big lesson, then, like in one line?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: big lesson
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1347 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the box and grows old» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 lesson | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lesson | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lesson | det |
| 4 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lesson | amod |
| 5 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 line | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 line | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 line | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 line | case |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 line | case |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 line | nummod |
| 12 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lesson | appos |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 lesson | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the big lesson | 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
Listen when wiser people warn you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Listen | listen | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 5 warn | mark |
| 3 | wiser | wise | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 people | amod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 warn | nsubj |
| 5 | warn | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Listen | advcl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 warn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | imperative | you not said here | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | warn speech: warn | present | wiser people | you | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient |
Option 2
Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no, and never trust a box that is shut
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 rebel | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rebel | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rebel | det |
| 5 | rebel | rebel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 say | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ones | det |
| 8 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ones | amod |
| 9 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 say | nsubj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | advcl |
| 11 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 say | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 trust | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 trust | cc |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 trust | advmod |
| 15 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | conj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 box | det |
| 17 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 trust | obj |
| 18 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 shut | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 shut | cop |
| 20 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 box | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | infinitive | a rebel | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the wise ones | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not trust | infinitive | you not said here | a box | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is | present | a box | shut property | tree rules |
Option 3
Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no, or you'll end up old and dead
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 say | advcl |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 rebel | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rebel | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rebel | det |
| 5 | rebel | rebel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 say | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ones | det |
| 8 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ones | amod |
| 9 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 say | nsubj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 say | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 end | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 end | cc |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 end | nsubj |
| 15 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 end | aux |
| 16 | end | end | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 say | parataxis |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 end | compound:prt |
| 18 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 end | xcomp |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 dead | cc |
| 20 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 old | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | infinitive | the wise ones not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | infinitive | a rebel | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the wise ones | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | end up | future | you | old property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Don't be a rebel when the wise ones say no
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 rebel | advmod |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rebel | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rebel | det |
| 5 | rebel | rebel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 say | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ones | det |
| 8 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ones | amod |
| 9 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 say | nsubj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Do | advcl |
| 11 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | infinitive | a rebel | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | the wise ones | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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