Test 4 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

so Sentaro is like a millionaire but actually broke-ish, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sentaro · What happens: be

This is test 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. 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	so	so	ADV	_	6 millionaire	advmod
2	Sentaro	Sentaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 millionaire	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 millionaire	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 millionaire	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 millionaire	det
6	millionaire	millionaire	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 ish	cc
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	11 ish	advmod
9	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ish	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 broke	punct
11	ish	ish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 millionaire	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 millionaire	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	6 millionaire	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 millionaire	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sentaro					like a millionaire but broke ish	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 · ← Mova's choice

No, he works as a clerk in the city

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 works	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 works	nsubj
4	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 clerk	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 clerk	det
7	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 city	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 city	det
10	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	he					as a clerk; in the city	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in city=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Not that rich, just living off his dad's money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 rich	advmod
2	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 rich	nsubj
3	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 living	punct
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 living	advmod
6	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 rich	parataxis
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 living	compound:prt
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 money	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dad	case
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 living	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live off	gerund		his dad's money					vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Not really, he lost everything gambling and now lives in a small rented room near the market

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	5 lost	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 gambling	compound
7	gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lives	cc
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 lives	advmod
10	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	15 room	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 room	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 room	amod
14	rented	rent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 room	amod
15	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lives	obl
16	near	near	ADP	_	18 market	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 market	det
18	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 room	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	lose	past	he	everything gambling			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gambling=Eventuality
2	live	present	he not said here		a small rented room near the market	now	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location
3	rent	participle					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is wealthy beyond measure, owning rice fields, silk mills, and the largest house in the capital city

The tree, 18 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 wealthy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wealthy	cop
3	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	5 measure	case
5	measure	measure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wealthy	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 owning	punct
7	owning	own	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wealthy	advcl
8	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fields	compound
9	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 owning	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mills	punct
11	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mills	compound
12	mills	mill	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 fields	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 house	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 house	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 house	det
16	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	17 house	amod
17	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wealthy	appos
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 city	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 city	det
20	capital	capital	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 city	compound
21	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 house	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					beyond measure; wealthy property	tree rules
2	own	gerund	He not said here	rice fields and silk mills					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot field=Theme

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