Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…
Which action of the Princess Hase secured the Emperor's restored health?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Princess Hase · What happens: secure, restore, act · To what, where: restored health
This is exam question 2 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 action | det |
| 2 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 secured | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Hase | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Hase | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Hase | compound |
| 6 | Hase | Hase | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 action | nmod |
| 7 | secured | secure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Emperor | det |
| 9 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 health | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Emperor | case |
| 11 | restored | restore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 health | amod |
| 12 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 secured | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 secured | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | secure | past | which action of the Princess Hase | the Emperor's restored health | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition health=Theme | ||||
| 2 | restore | participle | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | act | the Princess Hase | nom action «act intransitive»: of=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
Composing a verse of praise upon silk, read before the Emperor's gathered court
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Composing | compose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 read | advcl |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 verse | det |
| 3 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Composing | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 praise | case |
| 5 | praise | praise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 verse | nmod |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 silk | case |
| 7 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 praise | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Composing | punct |
| 9 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 15 court | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Emperor | det |
| 12 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 court | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Emperor | case |
| 14 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 court | amod |
| 15 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 read | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compose | gerund | you not said here | a verse of praise upon silk | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Result | ||||
| 2 | read | imperative | you not said here | before the Emperor's gathered court | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | gather | participle | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | verse | praise upon silk | nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Writing a letter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Writing | write | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 letter | det |
| 3 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Writing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | gerund | a letter | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Reciting a verse of prayer, composed upon gold-flecked paper, beside the torrent
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reciting | recite | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 verse | det |
| 3 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reciting | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 prayer | case |
| 5 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 verse | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 composed | punct |
| 7 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 verse | acl |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 paper | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flecked | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 gold | punct |
| 11 | flecked | fleck | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 paper | amod |
| 12 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 composed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 torrent | punct |
| 14 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 16 torrent | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 torrent | det |
| 16 | torrent | torrent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Reciting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | recite | gerund | a verse of prayer | the torrent | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent verse=Theme | ||||
| 2 | compose | participle | a verse of prayer not said here | upon flecked paper | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | fleck | participle | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | verse | prayer | nom verse «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 4
Praying in the temple
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praying | pray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 temple | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 temple | det |
| 4 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Praying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | gerund | the temple | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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