Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonl…

Describe the material of which the branch was composed and the container in which it was conveyed to the house.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, compose, convey · To what, where: material, branch, house, container

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 material	det
3	material	material	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 composed	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 branch	det
7	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 composed	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 composed	aux:pass
9	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 material	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 container	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 container	det
12	container	container	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 composed	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 conveyed	obl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 conveyed	nsubj:pass
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 conveyed	aux:pass
17	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 container	acl:relcl
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 house	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 house	det
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 conveyed	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the material				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent material=Theme
2	compose	past · passive		the branch			of the material	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
3	convey	past · passive		branch	the house	the container		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to house=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

Silver and jade, carried in a chest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 jade	cc
3	jade	jade	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Silver	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 carried	punct
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Silver	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chest	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 chest	det
8	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	participle		Silver and jade not said here		a chest			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chest=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Gold and silver, conveyed in a lacquer box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 silver	cc
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gold	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 conveyed	punct
5	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Gold	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 box	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
8	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	compound
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 conveyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	participle		Gold and silver not said here		a lacquer box			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pure gold and silver woven into the branch, conveyed to the house in a plain lacquer box with silk lining

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pure	pure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gold	amod
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 silver	cc
4	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gold	conj
5	woven	weave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gold	acl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 branch	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 branch	det
8	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 woven	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 conveyed	punct
10	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 gold	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 box	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 box	det
16	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 box	amod
17	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 box	compound
18	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 conveyed	obl
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 lining	case
20	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lining	compound
21	lining	lining	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 box	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weave	participle		Pure gold and silver not said here		the branch			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into branch=Destination
2	convey	participle			the house	a plain lacquer box with silk lining			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to house=Recipient

Option 4

Gold and silver leaves, carefully conveyed to the house in an ornate black lacquer box

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaves	compound
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 silver	cc
3	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Gold	conj
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 conveyed	punct
6	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	7 conveyed	advmod
7	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 leaves	acl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conveyed	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	16 box	case
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 box	det
13	ornate	ornate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 box	amod
14	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 box	amod
15	lacquer	lacquer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 box	compound
16	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conveyed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convey	participle		Gold leaves not said here	the house	a ornate black lacquer box		carefully property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to house=Recipient

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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