Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Book, Hase-Hime, part 13: the poison kills…

What was she reading when her dad showed up?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: she, dad · What happens: read, show up

This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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	PRON	PronType=Int	4 reading	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reading	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 reading	nsubj
4	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 showed	advmod
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 showed	nsubj
8	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reading	conj
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 showed	compound:prt
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reading	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past · progressive	she						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	show up	past	her dad						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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

A copy of the Lotus Sutra, read aloud in a clear voice to the empty room

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 copy	det
2	copy	copy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 Lotus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Lotus	det
5	Lotus	Lotus	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 copy	nmod
6	Sutra	Sutra	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Lotus	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 copy	punct
8	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	8 read	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 voice	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 voice	det
12	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 voice	amod
13	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 room	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 room	det
16	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 room	amod
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	infinitive	a copy of the Lotus		the empty room	a clear voice		aloud property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to room=Recipient
2	copy			the Lotus					nom copy «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Buddhist scriptures out loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buddhist	buddhist	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 scriptures	amod
2	scriptures	scripture	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADV	_	2 scriptures	advmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Her mother's old letters, which she read silently by the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mother	nmod:poss
2	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 letters	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mother	case
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 letters	amod
5	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 read	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 read	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 read	obj
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 read	nsubj
9	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	silently	silently	ADV	_	9 read	advmod
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 window	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 window	det
13	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 read	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	past	Her mother's old letters					by the window; silently property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic
2	letter		Her mother						nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Court songs from the capital

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 songs	compound
2	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 capital	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 capital	det
5	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 songs	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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