Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…

What instruction did the stepmother give to the retainer Katoda concerning the young Princess?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: instruction · What happens: give, concern · To what, where: retainer, young Princess

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 instruction	det
2	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stepmother	det
5	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 retainer	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 retainer	det
9	retainer	retainer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
10	Katoda	Katoda	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 retainer	appos
11	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Princess	det
13	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Princess	amod
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · do-support	what instruction		the retainer				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to retainer=Recipient
2	concern	gerund	what instruction not said here	the young Princess					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer

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

To take her into the mountains and leave her there to die of cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 take	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 mountains	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mountains	det
6	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 leave	cc
8	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 take	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 leave	obj
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 leave	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 die	mark
12	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 leave	advcl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 cold	case
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 die	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive	her = she	the mountains		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into mountain=Destination
2	leave	infinitive	her = she	there		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	die	to-infinitive			of cold	vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of cold=Causer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To escort her to a distant village and there to have her quietly put away

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 escort	mark
2	escort	escort	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 escort	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 village	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 village	det
6	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 village	amod
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 escort	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 have	cc
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 have	expl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 have	mark
11	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 escort	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 have	obj
13	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	14 put	advmod
14	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 have	parataxis
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	escort	to-infinitive	her = she	a distant village		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to village=Destination
2	have	to-infinitive	her = she	there		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	put away	past			away, quietly property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

An order to bring her to the Hibari Mountains, to dispose of her there in secret, and to bring back proof that the deed was done

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 order	det
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bring	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bring	mark
4	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bring	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 Mountains	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mountains	det
8	Hibari	Hibari	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Mountains	compound
9	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 bring	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dispose	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 dispose	mark
12	dispose	dispose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bring	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dispose	obl
15	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 dispose	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 secret	case
17	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 dispose	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 bring	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 bring	cc
20	to	to	PART	_	21 bring	mark
21	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 bring	conj
22	back	back	ADV	_	21 bring	advmod
23	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 bring	obj
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	28 done	mark
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 deed	det
26	deed	deed	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 done	nsubj
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 done	aux:pass
28	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 bring	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	bring	to-infinitive	a order	her = she	the Hibari Mountains			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to mountain=Destination
2	dispose	to-infinitive	a order not said here			secret; there	of order	vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: agent=Agent
3	bring back	to-infinitive	a order not said here	proof				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent proof=Theme
4	do	past · passive		the deed				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An order to conduct her to the Hibari Mountains and there to take her life

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 order	det
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 conduct	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 conduct	mark
4	conduct	conduct	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 conduct	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 Mountains	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mountains	det
8	Hibari	Hibari	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Mountains	compound
9	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 conduct	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 there	cc
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 conduct	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 take	mark
13	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 conduct	advcl
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 life	nmod:poss
15	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conduct	to-infinitive	a order	her = she	the Hibari Mountains				vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to mountain=Destination
2	take	to-infinitive	a order not said here	order's life					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme

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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