Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonl…

Identify the object which the First Knight presented to the Princess, and state the grounds upon which she judged it to be spurious.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, object, Princess · What happens: identify, present, state, judge, be · To what, where: object, Princess, grounds

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1357 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonlight, part 17: a fake bowl is sent back and a fake branch is found out» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 presented	nsubj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Knight	det
6	First	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 Knight	amod
7	Knight	Knight	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 presented	nsubj
8	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 object	acl:relcl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 Princess	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Princess	det
11	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 presented	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 state	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 state	cc
14	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 grounds	det
16	grounds	grounds	NOUN	Number=Ptan	14 state	obj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	18 which	case
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 judged	obl
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 judged	nsubj
20	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 grounds	acl:relcl
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 judged	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	24 spurious	mark
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 spurious	cop
24	spurious	spurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 judged	xcomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the object			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	present	past	the object		the Princess		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to princess=Recipient
3	state speech: other	infinitive		the grounds			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent grounds=Topic
4	judge	past	Princess	object		upon the grounds	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value
5	is	to-infinitive	Princess not said here			spurious 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

A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bowl	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowl	compound
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 judged	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 temple	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 temple	det
6	Kyoto	Kyoto	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 temple	compound
7	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowl	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bowl	punct
9	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	spurious	spurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 judged	xcomp
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 shine	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shine	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 shine	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 shine	advmod
15	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 judged	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	judge	past	a stone bowl from a Kyoto temple					spurious property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
2	not shine	past · do-support	bowl						vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A stone bowl from a Kyoto temple, judged spurious because it did not shine and was clearly dull to the eye

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bowl	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowl	compound
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 judged	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 temple	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 temple	det
6	Kyoto	Kyoto	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 temple	compound
7	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowl	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bowl	punct
9	judged	judge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	spurious	spurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 judged	xcomp
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	15 shine	mark
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shine	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 shine	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 shine	advmod
15	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 judged	advcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 dull	cc
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 dull	cop
18	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	19 dull	advmod
19	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 judged	conj
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 eye	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 eye	det
22	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	judge	past	a stone bowl from a Kyoto temple	spurious property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
2	not shine	past · do-support	bowl		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	past	a stone bowl from a Kyoto temple not said here	to the eye; clearly, dull property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A stone bowl taken from a Kyoto temple altar at night, judged spurious by the Princess because it did not shine at all in the room

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bowl	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bowl	compound
3	bowl	bowl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bowl	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 altar	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 altar	det
7	Kyoto	Kyoto	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 altar	compound
8	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 altar	compound
9	altar	altar	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 night	case
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 judged	punct
13	judged	judge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bowl	acl
14	spurious	spurious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 judged	xcomp
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 Princess	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Princess	det
17	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 judged	obl
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	22 shine	mark
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 shine	nsubj
20	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 shine	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 shine	advmod
22	shine	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 judged	advcl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 all	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 shine	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 room	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 room	det
27	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 shine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a stone bowl not said here	a Kyoto temple altar	night		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from altar=Initial_Location
2	judge	participle		a stone bowl not said here			by the Princess; spurious property	vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent
3	not shine	past · do-support	altar		all		in the room	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

A clay jar from a village well, rejected as fake since it had no glow

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jar	det
2	clay	clay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jar	compound
3	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rejected	nsubj:pass
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 village	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jar	nmod
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 rejected	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 well	punct
9	rejected	reject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 fake	case
11	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 rejected	obl
12	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 had	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rejected	advcl
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 glow	det
16	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reject	participle · passive		a clay jar from a village				as fake; well property	vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	have	past	jar	no glow					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glow=Patient

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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