Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestl…

Which description applies to the duration of the contest between the boy and the general?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: description · What happens: apply

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 description	det
2	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	nsubj
3	applies	apply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 duration	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 duration	det
6	duration	duration	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 applies	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 contest	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 contest	det
9	contest	contest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 duration	nmod
10	between	between	ADP	_	12 boy	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 boy	det
12	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contest	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 general	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 general	det
15	general	general	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boy	conj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 applies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	present	which description					to the duration of the contest between the boy and the general	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Long and fierce, lasting most of the afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 fierce	cc
3	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Long	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 lasting	punct
5	lasting	last	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Long	advcl
6	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 lasting	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 afternoon	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 afternoon	det
9	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 most	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	gerund		most of the afternoon					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme most=Value

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Long, ending in a draw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ending	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ending	punct
3	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 draw	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 draw	det
6	draw	draw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end	gerund				a draw			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Brief, but very fierce

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brief	brief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fierce	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 fierce	cc
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 fierce	advmod
5	fierce	fierce	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Brief	acl:relcl

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

Option 4

Very long, with both of them tired and laughing at the end

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Very	very	ADV	_	2 long	advmod
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tired	punct
4	with	with	ADP	_	8 tired	case
5	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 tired	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 both	nmod
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 long	parataxis
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 laughing	cc
10	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 tired	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 laughing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	gerund					at the end		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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