Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden…

Which of the following describes the manner in which the Emperor Kotei departed from the earthly realm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Emperor Kotei · What happens: follow, describe, depart · To what, where: manner

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1350 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden Boy, part 1: a widow hides her baby in the mountains, and the animals hold a wrestling match» 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 manner	det
7	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 describes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 departed	obl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Kotei	det
11	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Kotei	compound
12	Kotei	Kotei	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 departed	nsubj
13	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 manner	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 realm	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 realm	det
16	earthly	earthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 realm	amod
17	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 departed	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	depart	past	the Emperor Kotei		the manner	from the earthly realm	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from realm=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

He mounted a celestial dragon and ascended towards the sky

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 mounted	nsubj
2	mounted	mount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
4	celestial	celestial	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dragon	compound
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mounted	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ascended	cc
7	ascended	ascend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mounted	conj
8	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 sky	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sky	det
10	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ascended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mount	past	He	a celestial dragon					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Patient
2	ascend	participle	He not said here			the sky			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards sky=Initial_Location

Option 2

He boarded a sacred crane and flew slowly toward the distant mountains

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 boarded	nsubj
2	boarded	board	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 crane	det
4	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crane	amod
5	crane	crane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boarded	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 flew	cc
7	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 boarded	conj
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 flew	advmod
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	12 mountains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mountains	det
11	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 mountains	amod
12	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	board	past	He	a sacred crane					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme crane=Location
2	fly	past	He not said here			the distant mountains		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward mountain=Trajectory

Option 3

He died in his bed

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 died	nsubj
2	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bed	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bed	nmod:poss
5	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	He					in his bed	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in bed=Attribute

Option 4

He walked away quietly

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 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	past	He					away, quietly property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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