Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…

In what manner did the wicked stepmother's son come to drink the poisoned wine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, come, drink, poison · To what, where: son, manner, poisoned wine

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1353 «Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills the stepmother's son, and Hase-Hime's father finds her in the mountains» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stepmother	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stepmother	amod
7	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 son	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 stepmother	case
9	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 did	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 drink	mark
12	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 come	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wine	det
14	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 wine	amod
15	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drink	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	the wicked stepmother's son	what manner	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Eventuality
2	come	infinitive			tree rules
3	drink	to-infinitive	the poisoned wine		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wine=Patient
4	poison	participle			vn poison-42.2 «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

Through a mistake made when the stepmother, nervous and hurried, poured the wine into the wrong cup and handed it over at the banquet table

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	3 mistake	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mistake	det
3	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 poured	obl
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mistake	acl
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 nervous	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stepmother	det
7	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 nervous	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 nervous	punct
9	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 hurried	cc
11	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 nervous	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mistake	punct
13	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wine	det
15	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 poured	obj
16	into	into	ADP	_	19 cup	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cup	det
18	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 cup	amod
19	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 poured	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 handed	cc
21	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 poured	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 handed	obj
23	over	over	ADP	_	21 handed	compound:prt
24	at	at	ADP	_	27 table	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 table	det
26	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 table	compound
27	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 handed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	make	participle	a mistake not said here			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	hurry	past				vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pour	past	the wine	a mistake	into the wrong cup	vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent wine=Theme into cup=Destination
4	hand over	past	wine	the banquet table		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Because the stepmother had intended to poison the princess, but in her nervous haste she gave the cup to the boy instead, and he drank it at once

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	3 stepmother	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stepmother	det
3	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 intended	obl
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 intended	aux
5	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 poison	mark
7	poison	poison	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 intended	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poison	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gave	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 gave	cc
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 haste	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 haste	nmod:poss
14	nervous	nervous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 haste	amod
15	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gave	obl
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gave	nsubj
17	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 intended	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cup	det
19	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gave	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 boy	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 boy	det
22	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gave	obl
23	instead	instead	ADV	_	17 gave	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 drank	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 drank	cc
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 drank	nsubj
27	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 intended	conj
28	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 drank	obj
29	at	at	ADP	_	30 once	case
30	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	27 drank	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	intend	past · perfect					because the stepmother	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	poison not said to happen	to-infinitive		the princess				vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient
3	give	past	princess	the cup	the boy	princess's nervous haste	instead property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cup=Theme to boy=Recipient
4	drink	past	boy	cup				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3

Because his mother poured in haste and handed him the cup meant for another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 poured	mark
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mother	nmod:poss
3	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	nsubj
4	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 meant	advcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 haste	case
6	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 poured	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 handed	cc
8	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 poured	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 handed	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cup	det
11	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 meant	nsubj
12	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 another	case
14	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	12 meant	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pour	past	his mother		haste		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source
2	hand	past	his mother not said here	him = he			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	mean	past	the cup			for another	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot for another=Attribute

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Through the stepmother's hurried pouring, which gave him the poisoned cup by mistake

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Through	through	ADP	_	6 pouring	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 stepmother	det
3	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pouring	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 stepmother	case
5	hurried	hurry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 pouring	amod
6	pouring	pouring	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gave	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cup	det
12	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 cup	amod
13	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 mistake	case
15	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hurry	participle					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	past	the poisoned cup	stepmother	the stepmother's hurried pouring	by mistake	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cup=Theme
3	poison	participle					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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