Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bamboo-Cutter and Princess Moonl…

Explain the nature of the petition presented at the close of the part, and identify its petitioners.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain, present, identify · To what, where: nature, petition, close, petitioners

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nature	det
3	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 petition	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 petition	det
6	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 nature	nmod
7	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 petition	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 close	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 close	det
10	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 presented	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 part	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 part	det
13	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 close	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 identify	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 identify	cc
16	identify	identify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Explain	advcl
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 petitioners	nmod:poss
18	petitioners	petitioner	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 identify	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the nature of the petition		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic
2	present	participle		the petition not said here	the close of the part	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	identify	infinitive	you not said here	part's petitioners		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent petitioner=Theme

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

A solemn petition demanding full payment for all their months of labour, presented by the six jewelers together with a magistrate's clerk

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 petition	det
2	solemn	solemn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 petition	amod
3	petition	petition	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 payment	nsubj
4	demanding	demand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 payment	amod
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 payment	amod
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	10 months	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 months	det:predet
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 months	nmod:poss
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 payment	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 labour	case
12	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 months	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 presented	punct
14	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 payment	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 jewelers	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 jewelers	det
17	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 jewelers	nummod
18	jewelers	jeweler	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 presented	obl
19	together	together	ADV	_	14 presented	advmod
20	with	with	ADP	_	24 clerk	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 magistrate	det
22	magistrate	magistrate	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 clerk	nmod:poss
23	's	's	PART	_	22 magistrate	case
24	clerk	clerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand speech: request	gerund							vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	present	participle		demanding full payment for their months of labour not said here				by the six jewelers; with a magistrate's clerk; together property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with clerk=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

A formal written request for payment of their fees, presented at the door by the six jewelers and their master

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 request	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 request	amod
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 request	amod
4	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 payment	case
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 request	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 fees	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 fees	nmod:poss
9	fees	fee	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 payment	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 presented	punct
11	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 fees	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 door	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 door	det
14	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presented	obl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 jewelers	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 jewelers	det
17	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 jewelers	nummod
18	jewelers	jeweler	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 presented	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 master	cc
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 master	nmod:poss
21	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 payment	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	write	participle				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	present	participle	payment's fees not said here	the door	by the six jewelers	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	pay		payment's fees			nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A formal demand for their fee, made by the jewelers' guild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 demand	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 demand	amod
3	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 fee	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fee	nmod:poss
6	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 demand	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 demand	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	13 guild	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jewelers	det
11	jewelers	jeweler	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 guild	nmod:poss
12	'	's	PART	_	11 jewelers	case
13	guild	guild	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a formal demand for their fee not said here				by the jewelers's guild	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A formal request for payment, presented by the six jewelers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 request	det
2	formal	formal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 request	amod
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 payment	case
5	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 request	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 presented	punct
7	presented	present	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 request	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 jewelers	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 jewelers	det
10	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 jewelers	nummod
11	jewelers	jeweler	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 presented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	present	participle		a formal request for payment not said here				by the six jewelers	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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