Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden…

According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the mother of Kintaro retreated to the mountains?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mother · What happens: accord, be, retreat · To what, where: principal reason, mountains

This is exam question 2 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 narrative	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reason	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 reason	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mother	det
12	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 retreated	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 Kintaro	case
14	Kintaro	Kintaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 mother	nmod
15	retreated	retreat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	parataxis
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 mountains	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 mountains	det
18	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 retreated	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the principal reason		accord the narrative	tree rules
3	retreat	past	the mother of Kintaro		the mountains		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=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

She had been ordered by the court to leave the city and settle in the mountains to serve the old woodcutter families

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ordered	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ordered	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ordered	aux:pass
4	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 court	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ordered	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 leave	mark
9	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ordered	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 city	det
11	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 leave	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 settle	cc
13	settle	settle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 leave	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 mountains	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mountains	det
16	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 settle	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 serve	mark
18	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 settle	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 families	det
20	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 families	amod
21	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 families	compound
22	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 serve	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	order	past · perfect · passive	the court	She		vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the city		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme
3	settle	present	She not said here		the mountains	vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location
4	serve	to-infinitive	She not said here	the old woodcutter families		vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Attribute

Option 2

She hoped to hide from the emperor's men who had searched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hide	mark
4	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 men	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 emperor	det
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 men	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 emperor	case
9	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hide	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 searched	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 searched	aux
12	searched	search	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 men	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	hope	past	She		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	hide not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	from the emperor's men	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from man=Beneficiary
3	search	past · perfect	the emperor's men		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She feared the enmity of her late husband's adversaries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 enmity	det
4	enmity	enmity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	10 adversaries	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 husband	nmod:poss
7	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 husband	amod
8	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adversaries	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 husband	case
10	adversaries	adversary	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 enmity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	She	the enmity of her late husband's adversaries					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enmity=Stimulus

Option 4

She wanted to start a quiet new life among the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 start	mark
4	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 life	det
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 life	amod
8	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 start	obj
9	among	among	ADP	_	11 trees	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trees	det
11	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 start	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	start not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	a quiet new life				among the trees	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality

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