Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Kintaro, part 11: a bridge, a wrestl…
Proper random, what did the general want Kintaro for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: general · What happens: do, want · To what, where: Kintaro
This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 random | amod |
| 2 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 did | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 general | det |
| 7 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 want | nsubj |
| 8 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | parataxis |
| 9 | Kintaro | Kintaro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 want | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 want | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | want | present | the general | Kintaro | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kintaro=Theme |
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
To train as a samurai in the emperor's palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 train | mark |
| 2 | train | train | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 samurai | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 samurai | det |
| 5 | samurai | samurai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 train | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 emperor | det |
| 8 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 palace | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 emperor | case |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 train | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | to-infinitive | the emperor's palace | as a samurai | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as samurai=Attribute |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To train as a samurai
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 train | mark |
| 2 | train | train | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 samurai | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 samurai | det |
| 5 | samurai | samurai | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 train | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | to-infinitive | as a samurai | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as samurai=Attribute |
Option 3
To carry his sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 carry | mark |
| 2 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sword | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | to-infinitive | his sword | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
Option 4
To guard the emperor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 guard | mark |
| 2 | guard | guard | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 guard | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | to-infinitive | the emperor | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Beneficiary |
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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