Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Per…

Which of the following best describes the islanders' attitude towards death, as recorded in the text?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, record · To what, where: attitude, text

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1355 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Perpetual Life, tires of it, and wakes from a dream» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 islanders	det
8	islanders	islander	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 attitude	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 islanders	case
10	attitude	attitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	12 death	case
12	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 recorded	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 recorded	mark
15	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 describes	conj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 text	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 text	det
18	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 recorded	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the islanders's attitude		of the best; towards death	tree rules
3	record	participle		the text		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination

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

a dread of Paradise, seen as torment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dread	det
2	dread	dread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Paradise	case
4	Paradise	Paradise	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 dread	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 seen	punct
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dread	acl
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 torment	case
8	torment	torment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	participle		a dread of Paradise not said here				as torment	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as torment=Attribute
2	dread			Paradise					nom dread «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

a longing for Paradise, regarded as bliss

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 longing	det
2	longing	longing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Paradise	case
4	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 longing	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 regarded	punct
6	regarded	regard	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 longing	acl
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 bliss	case
8	bliss	bliss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 regarded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	participle		a longing for Paradise not said here				as bliss	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent as bliss=Value

Option 3

indifference towards the afterlife, seen as dull

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	indifference	indifference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	towards	towards	ADP	_	4 afterlife	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 afterlife	det
4	afterlife	afterlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 indifference	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 seen	punct
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 indifference	acl
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 dull	case
8	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	participle		indifference towards the afterlife not said here				as dull	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as dull=Attribute

Option 4

fear of the afterlife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 afterlife	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 afterlife	det
4	afterlife	afterlife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear			the afterlife					nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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