Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonl…

State the principal reason why the Second Knight departed from his parental home, as given to his parents.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Second Knight · What happens: depart, give · To what, where: parental home, parents

This is exam question 2 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 departed	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Knight	det
7	Second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 Knight	amod
8	Knight	Knight	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 departed	nsubj
9	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	parataxis
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 home	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
12	parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 home	amod
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 departed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 given	punct
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 given	mark
16	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 departed	conj
17	to	to	ADP	_	19 parents	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 parents	nmod:poss
19	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 given	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	past	the Second Knight			Knight's parental home			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from home=Initial_Location
2	give	participle	the Second Knight not said here		Knight's parents				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to parent=Recipient

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

A requirement of bodily health, namely a change of air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 requirement	det
2	requirement	requirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 health	case
4	bodily	bodily	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 health	amod
5	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requirement	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 change	punct
7	namely	namely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 change	amod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 change	det
9	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requirement	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 air	case
11	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 change	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require			bodily health					nom requirement «cognition transitive»: of=patient
2	change		air						nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2

A vow to pray at a far mountain temple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 vow	det
2	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pray	mark
4	pray	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 vow	acl
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 temple	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 temple	det
7	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 temple	amod
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 temple	compound
9	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pray	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pray	to-infinitive				a far mountain temple			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

An order from his doctors for rest in the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 order	det
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 doctors	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 doctors	nmod:poss
5	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 order	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 rest	case
7	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doctors	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 hills	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hills	det
10	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rest	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A sick mother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mother	det
2	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 mother	amod
3	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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