Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Per…

What, according to the messenger, shows that Sentaro's desire for death was not genuine?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: desire, Sentaro · What happens: accord, show, not be, desire · To what, where: messenger · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 according	punct
3	according	accord	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 What	advcl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 messenger	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 messenger	det
6	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 according	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 shows	punct
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 genuine	mark
10	Sentaro	Sentaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 desire	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Sentaro	case
12	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 genuine	nsubj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 death	case
14	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 desire	nmod
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 genuine	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 genuine	advmod
17	genuine	genuine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 shows	ccomp
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund		to the messenger goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to messenger=Goal
2	show	present			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is	past	Sentaro's desire for death	genuine property	tree rules
4	desire		Sentaro	for death	nom desire «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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 · ✓ the right answer

his cry for help while sinking in the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cry	nmod:poss
2	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 help	case
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cry	nmod
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 sinking	mark
6	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 cry	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	gerund	his cry for help not said here			the sea			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	cry		his = he					for help	nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent for=obl

Option 2

his request to be left alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 request	nmod:poss
2	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 left	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 left	aux:pass
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive · passive		his request				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	request		his = he						nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

his silence while drifting on the waves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 silence	nmod:poss
2	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	4 drifting	mark
4	drifting	drift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 silence	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 waves	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 waves	det
7	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drift	gerund	his silence not said here			the waves			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wave=Trajectory
2	silence		his = he						nom silence «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

his frantic call for rescue while sinking in the sea, showing he still wished to live.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 call	nmod:poss
2	frantic	frantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 call	amod
3	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 rescue	case
5	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	nmod
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 sinking	mark
7	sinking	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 call	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sea	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sinking	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 showing	punct
12	showing	show	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 sinking	conj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wished	nsubj
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 wished	advmod
15	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 showing	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 live	mark
17	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wished	xcomp
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	gerund	his frantic call for rescue not said here	the sea			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	show	gerund	his frantic call for rescue not said here				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	wish	past	he		still		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	live not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here				vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	call		his = he			for rescue	nom call «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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