Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

State the principal reason for which the thought of death caused Sentaro to become unhappy and to resolve upon his journey.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: thought, Sentaro · What happens: cause, become, resolve, think, journey · To what, where: Sentaro, death

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 caused	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thought	det
8	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 caused	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 death	case
10	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thought	nmod
11	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	acl:relcl
12	Sentaro	Sentaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 caused	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 become	mark
14	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 caused	xcomp
15	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 become	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 resolve	cc
17	to	to	PART	_	18 resolve	mark
18	resolve	resolve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 unhappy	conj
19	upon	upon	ADP	_	21 journey	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 journey	nmod:poss
21	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 resolve	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	the thought of death	Sentaro	for the State principal reason	tree rules
2	become	to-infinitive	Sentaro not said here		unhappy property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	resolve	to-infinitive	Sentaro not said here		upon thought's journey	tree rules
4	think			death		nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	journey		thought			nom journey «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

He wished to live five or six hundred years free from sickness

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 live	mark
4	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hundred	compound
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 six	cc
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 five	conj
8	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 years	nummod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 free	obl:unmarked
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 live	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 sickness	case
12	sickness	sickness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	live not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	free		sickness			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He longed to escape his duties at the palace court

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 longed	nsubj
2	longed	long	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 escape	mark
4	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 longed	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 duties	nmod:poss
6	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 escape	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 court	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 court	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 court	compound
10	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 escape	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	long	past	He						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	his duties		the palace court			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme duty=Initial_Location

Option 3

He hoped to find a cure for his aging father's illness

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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	xcomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cure	det
6	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	12 illness	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 father	nmod:poss
9	aging	age	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 father	amod
10	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 illness	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 father	case
12	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hope	past	He			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	a cure	for his aging father's illness	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent cure=Theme for illness=Beneficiary
3	age	gerund				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He wished to live for many centuries, never growing old, and to rule the kingdom under the favor of the gods forever

The tree, 22 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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 live	mark
4	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 centuries	case
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 centuries	amod
7	centuries	century	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 live	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 growing	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 growing	advmod
10	growing	grow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wished	advcl
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 growing	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rule	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 rule	cc
14	to	to	PART	_	15 rule	mark
15	rule	rule	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 wished	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 kingdom	det
17	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rule	obj
18	under	under	ADP	_	20 favor	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 favor	det
20	favor	favor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rule	obl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 gods	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 gods	det
23	gods	god	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 favor	nmod
24	forever	forever	ADV	_	15 rule	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He					vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	live not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			century		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not grow	gerund	He not said here				old property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	rule	to-infinitive		the kingdom	the favor of the gods		forever property	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme
5	favor			the gods				nom favor «act transitive»: of=patient

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