Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestl…

To what end did the mother consent to the removal of her son from her household?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: end · What happens: do, remove · To what, where: mother consent, household, son

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1351 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestler, and a general's offer» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 consent	det
6	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consent	compound
7	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 removal	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 removal	det
10	removal	removal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 son	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 son	nmod:poss
13	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 removal	nmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 household	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 household	nmod:poss
16	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	end	the mother consent		end's household		to the removal of end's son	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Eventuality
2	remove			end's son					nom removal «act transitive»: of=patient

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

So that he could serve the lord at the Capital as a samurai

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 serve	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 serve	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 serve	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 serve	aux
5	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lord	det
7	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serve	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 Capital	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Capital	det
10	Capital	Capital	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lord	nmod
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 samurai	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 samurai	det
13	samurai	samurai	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 serve	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	could	he	the lord		the Capital		as a samurai	vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent lord=Duration as samurai=Attribute

Option 2

To fulfil her life's wish and see him rise high

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fulfil	mark
2	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 life	nmod:poss
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wish	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 life	case
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfil	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 see	cc
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 fulfil	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj
10	rise	rise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 see	xcomp
11	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 rise	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fulfil	to-infinitive		her life's wish		tree rules
2	see	infinitive		him = he		tree rules
3	rise	infinitive	him = he not said here		high property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wish		her life			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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

To fulfil her life's wish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fulfil	mark
2	fulfil	fulfil	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 life	nmod:poss
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wish	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 life	case
6	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fulfil	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fulfil	to-infinitive		her life's wish					tree rules
2	wish		her life						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To keep her family safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 family	nmod:poss
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obj
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		her family				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme

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