Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…

By what circumstance did the Princess's father discover her whereabouts in the Hibari district?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: father · What happens: discover · To what, where: whereabouts, Hibari district

This is exam question 4 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 discover	obl
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 discover	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Princess	det
6	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 father	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Princess	case
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discover	nsubj
9	discover	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 whereabouts	nmod:poss
11	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 discover	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 district	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 district	det
14	Hibari	Hibari	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 district	compound
15	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 discover	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 discover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	past · do-support	the Princess's father	circumstance's whereabouts		the Hibari district			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whereabouts=Topic

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

He searched every village of the district for weeks, questioning farmers, until at last a boy led him to the cottage

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 searched	nsubj
2	searched	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 village	det
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 searched	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 district	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 district	det
7	district	district	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 village	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 weeks	case
9	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 searched	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 questioning	punct
11	questioning	question	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 searched	advcl
12	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 questioning	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 led	punct
14	until	until	SCONJ	_	19 led	mark
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 last	case
16	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 boy	amod
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 boy	det
18	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 led	nsubj
19	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 searched	parataxis
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 led	obj
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 cottage	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cottage	det
23	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	search	past	He	every village of the district			week	vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent village=Location
2	question speech: other	gerund	He not said here		farmers			vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient
3	lead	past	a last boy	him = he		the cottage		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cottage=Destination

Option 2

He was told by a woman at the market, who had heard a voice reading holy verses from a distant cottage on the hillside, and went there at once

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 woman	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 woman	det
6	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 market	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 market	det
9	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 told	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 heard	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 heard	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 heard	aux
13	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 market	acl:relcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 voice	det
15	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 heard	obj
16	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 voice	acl
17	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 verses	amod
18	verses	verse	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 reading	obj
19	from	from	ADP	_	22 cottage	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 cottage	det
21	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 cottage	amod
22	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reading	obl
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 hillside	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 hillside	det
25	hillside	hillside	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 cottage	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 went	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 went	cc
28	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	parataxis
29	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	28 went	advmod
30	at	at	ADP	_	31 once	case
31	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	28 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive	a woman	He	the market	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	hear	past · perfect	the market	a voice		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus
3	read	gerund	a voice not said here	holy verses	a distant cottage on the hillside	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent verse=Topic from cottage=Source
4	go	past			there	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at once=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He chanced upon her cottage while pursuing a hunt, and heard her reading aloud

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chanced	nsubj
2	chanced	chance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 cottage	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cottage	nmod:poss
5	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chanced	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 pursuing	mark
7	pursuing	pursue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 chanced	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hunt	det
9	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pursuing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 heard	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 heard	cc
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chanced	conj
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 reading	nmod:poss
14	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	obj
15	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	12 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	chance	past	He		her cottage		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon cottage=Location
2	pursue	gerund	He not said here	a hunt			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hunt=Theme
3	hear	past	He not said here	her reading		aloud property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer reading=Stimulus
4	read		her = she				nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He was guided there by a local monk who knew the cottage well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 guided	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 guided	aux:pass
3	guided	guide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 guided	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 monk	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 monk	det
7	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 monk	amod
8	monk	monk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guided	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 knew	nsubj
10	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 monk	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cottage	det
12	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 knew	obj
13	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 knew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	past · passive	a local monk	He		there			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	know	past	a local monk	the cottage				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer cottage=Stimulus

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