Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…
Specify the vessel which the Emperor furnished and provisioned for the courtier Jofuku upon his mission to the land of Horaizan.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Emperor · What happens: specify, furnish, provision · To what, where: vessel
This is exam question 4 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 | Specify | specify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 vessel | det |
| 3 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Specify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 furnished | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Emperor | det |
| 6 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 furnished | nsubj |
| 7 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 vessel | acl:relcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 provisioned | cc |
| 9 | provisioned | provision | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 furnished | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 courtier | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 courtier | det |
| 12 | courtier | courtier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 provisioned | obl |
| 13 | Jofuku | Jofuku | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 courtier | appos |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 mission | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 mission | nmod:poss |
| 16 | mission | mission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 courtier | nmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 land | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 land | det |
| 19 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mission | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Horaizan | case |
| 21 | Horaizan | Horaizan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 land | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Specify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | specify | imperative | you not said here | the vessel | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent vessel=Theme | ||||
| 2 | furnish | past | the Emperor | the vessel | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | provision | participle | the Emperor not said here | for the courtier upon Emperor's mission to the land of Horaizan | tree rules |
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
One of the Emperor's best junks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 junks | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Emperor | det |
| 4 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 junks | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Emperor | case |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 junks | amod |
| 7 | junks | junk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 One | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Prince's private barge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 barge | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Prince | case |
| 4 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 barge | amod |
| 5 | barge | barge | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A large merchant ship of the port
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 ship | det |
| 2 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ship | amod |
| 3 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ship | compound |
| 4 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 port | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 port | det |
| 7 | port | port | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ship | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
A swift vessel built from cedar wood, stocked with rice, silk, and gold for the long voyage across the sea
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 vessel | det |
| 2 | swift | swift | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 vessel | amod |
| 3 | vessel | vessel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 vessel | acl |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 wood | case |
| 6 | cedar | cedar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wood | compound |
| 7 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stocked | punct |
| 9 | stocked | stock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 wood | acl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 rice | case |
| 11 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stocked | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 silk | punct |
| 13 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rice | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 gold | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 gold | cc |
| 16 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vessel | conj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 voyage | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 voyage | det |
| 19 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 voyage | amod |
| 20 | voyage | voyage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gold | nmod |
| 21 | across | across | ADP | _ | 23 sea | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 sea | det |
| 23 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 voyage | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | participle | a swift vessel and gold for the long voyage across the sea not said here | cedar wood | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset from wood=Material | ||||
| 2 | stock | participle | cedar wood not said here | with rice and silk | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with rice=Theme |
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