Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Man Who Did Not Wish to Die, par…

wait, why was Shin-no-Shiko so salty even with the Great Wall?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Shin · What happens: wait, be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 salty	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 salty	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 salty	cop
5	Shin	Shin	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 salty	nsubj
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Shiko	punct
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 Shiko	det
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 no	punct
9	Shiko	Shiko	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Shin	conj
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 salty	advmod
11	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
12	even	even	ADV	_	16 Wall	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	16 Wall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Wall	det
15	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Wall	amod
16	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					with the Great Wall	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	Shin and no Shiko					salty property	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

He knew he had to die someday

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 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 die	mark
6	die	die	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	someday	someday	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 die	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	know	past	He		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	have	past	he		tree rules
3	die	to-infinitive	he not said here	someday	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Even after building the wall, he still feared that the Emperor would send him into exile far away

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	3 building	advmod
2	after	after	SCONJ	_	3 building	mark
3	building	build	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 feared	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wall	det
5	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 building	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 building	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 feared	nsubj
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 feared	advmod
9	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 send	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Emperor	det
12	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 send	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 send	aux
14	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 feared	ccomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 send	obj
16	into	into	ADP	_	17 exile	case
17	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 send	obl
18	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 away	advmod
19	away	away	ADV	_	14 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	gerund	he not said here	the wall				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wall=Product
2	fear	past	he			still		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	send	would	the Emperor	him = he	exile		away property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

He had lost his favorite horse

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 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horse	nmod:poss
5	favorite	favorite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 horse	amod
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	He	his favorite horse					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality

Option 4

He had seen the Great Wall and realized even the wall would one day crumble to dust

The tree, 17 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 seen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wall	det
5	Great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Wall	amod
6	Wall	Wall	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 realized	cc
8	realized	realize	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	conj
9	even	even	ADV	_	15 crumble	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wall	det
11	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crumble	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 crumble	aux
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 day	nummod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crumble	compound
15	crumble	crumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 realized	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 dust	mark
17	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crumble	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	He	the Great Wall	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wall=Stimulus
2	realize	past	He not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	crumble	would	the wall		tree rules

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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