Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the sui…
In what manner did the Emperor first attempt to obtain an audience with the Princess?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, obtain · To what, where: Emperor first attempt, manner, audience
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1358 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the suitors fail, the Emperor comes, the Princess tells her secret» 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 manner | case |
| 2 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 manner | det |
| 3 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 attempt | det |
| 6 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 attempt | compound |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 attempt | amod |
| 8 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 obtain | mark |
| 10 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 attempt | acl |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 audience | det |
| 12 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 obtain | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 Princess | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Princess | det |
| 15 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 obtain | obl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the Emperor first attempt | what manner | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | obtain | to-infinitive | a audience | with the Princess | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset audience=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
He had his messenger deliver a gift of silk and gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 messenger | nmod:poss |
| 4 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deliver | nsubj |
| 5 | deliver | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | ccomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 gift | det |
| 7 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 deliver | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 silk | case |
| 9 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gift | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gold | cc |
| 11 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 silk | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | deliver | present | his messenger | a gift of silk and gold | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient | ||||
| 3 | gift | silk and gold | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He dispatched a Court lady to assess her beauty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 dispatched | nsubj |
| 2 | dispatched | dispatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lady | det |
| 4 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lady | compound |
| 5 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dispatched | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 assess | mark |
| 7 | assess | assess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 dispatched | advcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 9 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 assess | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dispatch | past | He | a Court lady | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Patient | ||||
| 2 | assess | to-infinitive | He not said here | her beauty | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
He sent a palace officer to observe her quietly at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 officer | det |
| 4 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 officer | compound |
| 5 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 observe | mark |
| 7 | observe | observe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sent | advcl |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 observe | obj |
| 9 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 7 observe | advmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 observe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | He | a palace officer | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent officer=Theme | ||||
| 2 | observe | to-infinitive | He not said here | her = she | home | quietly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic |
Option 4
He rode to her house disguised as a hunter and demanded an immediate audience with the lady inside
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 rode | nsubj |
| 2 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 house | nmod:poss |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rode | obl |
| 6 | disguised | disguise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 house | acl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 hunter | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hunter | det |
| 9 | hunter | hunter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disguised | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 demanded | cc |
| 11 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 rode | conj |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 audience | det |
| 13 | immediate | immediate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 audience | amod |
| 14 | audience | audience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 demanded | obj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 lady | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lady | det |
| 17 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 demanded | obl |
| 18 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 2 rode | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | He | her house | inside property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to house=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | disguise | participle | her house not said here | as a hunter | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | demand speech: request | past | He not said here | a immediate audience | with the lady | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme audience=Precondition |
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