Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the faithful servant Katoda communicated the events of the wrongdoing to his master?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: faithful servant · What happens: follow, describe, communicate · To what, where: manner, events, master

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1354 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, part 1: Sentaro hears of the Elixir of Life and flies off on a paper crane» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 communicated	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 servant	det
12	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 servant	amod
13	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 communicated	nsubj
14	Katoda	Katoda	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 servant	appos
15	communicated	communicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 events	det
17	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 communicated	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 wrongdoing	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wrongdoing	det
20	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 events	nmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 master	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 master	nmod:poss
23	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 communicated	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner			accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	communicate	past	the faithful servant	the events of the wrongdoing	servant's master	the manner		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent event=Topic to master=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

He bowed to the ground and related the entire account

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 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 ground	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 ground	det
5	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bowed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 related	cc
7	related	relate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 account	det
9	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 account	amod
10	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 related	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	He					to the ground	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to ground=Theme
2	relate	past	He not said here	the entire account					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He prostrated himself before his master and recounted every detail of the wrongdoing, from beginning to end, without omission

The tree, 19 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 prostrated	nsubj
2	prostrated	prostrate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 prostrated	obj
4	before	before	ADP	_	6 master	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 master	nmod:poss
6	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prostrated	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 recounted	cc
8	recounted	recount	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 prostrated	conj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 detail	det
10	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recounted	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 wrongdoing	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wrongdoing	det
13	wrongdoing	wrongdoing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 detail	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 beginning	punct
15	from	from	SCONJ	_	16 beginning	mark
16	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 recounted	advcl
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 end	case
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 beginning	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 omission	punct
20	without	without	ADP	_	21 omission	case
21	omission	omission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 recounted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	prostrate	past	He	himself = he	before his master		tree rules
2	recount speech: other	past	He not said here	every detail of the wrongdoing		without omission	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent detail=Topic
3	begin	gerund	He not said here		to end		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	detail			the wrongdoing			nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

He bowed low and reported the matter quietly

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 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bowed	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 reported	cc
5	reported	report	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 matter	det
7	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reported	obj
8	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	5 reported	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	He					low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	report	past	He not said here	the matter				quietly property	vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent matter=Patient

Option 4

He sent a messenger with a sealed scroll

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 messenger	det
4	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 scroll	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 scroll	det
7	sealed	seal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 scroll	amod
8	scroll	scroll	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	a messenger				with a sealed scroll	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme
2	seal	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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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