Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Paper Crane: Sentaro reaches Per…
In the context of the passage, what is the significance of Sentaro's dream for his eventual conduct?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, Sentaro · What happens: be, dream, conduct · To what, where: significance
This is exam question 4 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 context | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 context | det |
| 3 | context | context | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 passage | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 passage | det |
| 6 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 context | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 significance | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 significance | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 significance | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 significance | det |
| 11 | significance | significance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 passage | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 dream | case |
| 13 | Sentaro | Sentaro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 dream | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Sentaro | case |
| 15 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 significance | nmod |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 conduct | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 18 | eventual | eventual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 conduct | amod |
| 19 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 significance | nmod |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 context | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the passage and the significance | the significance | of Sentaro's dream; for Sentaro's eventual conduct | tree rules | |||
| 2 | dream | Sentaro | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 3 | conduct | Sentaro | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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
it showed him the land of Perpetual Life, so he chose to live there for ever.
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | iobj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 land | det |
| 5 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Perpetual | case |
| 7 | Perpetual | Perpetual | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 land | nmod |
| 8 | Life | Life | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Perpetual | flat |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 chose | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 chose | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 chose | nsubj |
| 12 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 showed | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 live | mark |
| 14 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 chose | xcomp |
| 15 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 live | advmod |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 ever | case |
| 17 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 live | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | it | the land of Perpetual | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient land=Topic | |||
| 2 | choose | past | Perpetual | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | live | to-infinitive | Perpetual not said here | there | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
it led him to build a great fortune and a temple by the sea.
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 build | mark |
| 5 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 led | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fortune | det |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fortune | amod |
| 8 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 build | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 temple | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 temple | det |
| 11 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fortune | conj |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 sea | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sea | det |
| 14 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 build | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 led | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | it | him = he | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 2 | build | to-infinitive | him = he not said here | a great fortune and a temple | by the sea | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fortune=Product |
Option 3
it showed him a vision of paradise, which led him to a life of hard, honest work at home.
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 showed | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 vision | det |
| 5 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 paradise | case |
| 7 | paradise | paradise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vision | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 led | punct |
| 9 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 led | nsubj |
| 10 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 showed | parataxis |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 led | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 life | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 life | det |
| 14 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 led | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 work | case |
| 16 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 work | amod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hard | punct |
| 18 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 work | amod |
| 19 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 life | nmod |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 home | case |
| 21 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 work | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 showed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | it | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | lead | past | a vision of paradise | him = he | a life of hard honest work at home | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to life=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
it led him to a life of industry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 life | det |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 led | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 industry | case |
| 8 | industry | industry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 life | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | it | him = he | a life of industry | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to life=Destination |
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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