Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden…

What did the hare receive from Kintaro upon his victory in the first round of the contest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hare · What happens: receive · To what, where: Kintaro

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 receive	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 receive	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hare	det
4	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 receive	nsubj
5	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 Kintaro	case
7	Kintaro	Kintaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 receive	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 victory	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 victory	nmod:poss
10	victory	victory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 receive	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 round	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 round	det
13	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 round	amod
14	round	round	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 receive	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 contest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 contest	det
17	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 round	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 receive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	past · do-support	the hare			Kintaro		upon hare's victory; in the first round of the contest	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Theme from kintaro=Source

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

A sweet cake from the emperor's kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cake	det
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cake	amod
3	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 emperor	det
6	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kitchen	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 emperor	case
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cake	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A rice-dumpling from Kintaro's luncheon box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dumpling	det
2	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dumpling	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 rice	punct
4	dumpling	dumpling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 box	case
6	Kintaro	Kintaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 box	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Kintaro	case
8	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	compound
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dumpling	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

A rice-dumpling from Kintaro's luncheon box, which the hare ate at once beside the platform

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dumpling	det
2	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dumpling	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 rice	punct
4	dumpling	dumpling	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ate	nsubj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 box	case
6	Kintaro	Kintaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 box	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Kintaro	case
8	luncheon	luncheon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	compound
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dumpling	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ate	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 ate	obj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hare	det
13	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ate	nsubj
14	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	14 ate	obl
17	beside	beside	ADP	_	19 platform	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 platform	det
19	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	a rice dumpling from Kintaro's luncheon box			the platform			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient

Option 4

A large jar of plum wine from the village elder, shared with all the animals after the match ended

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jar	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jar	amod
3	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 ended	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 wine	case
5	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wine	compound
6	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jar	nmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 elder	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 elder	det
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 elder	compound
10	elder	elder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wine	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shared	punct
12	shared	share	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 jar	acl
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 animals	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 animals	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 animals	det
16	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 shared	obl
17	after	after	ADP	_	19 match	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 match	det
19	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 animals	nmod
20	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	participle		a large jar of plum wine from the village elder not said here				with all animals after the match	tree rules
2	end	past	a large jar of plum wine from the village elder						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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