Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the sui…

Which account of her origin did the Princess present to her foster-father?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account · What happens: do, account · To what, where: Princess present, origin

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 origin	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 origin	nmod:poss
5	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 account	nmod
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 present	det
8	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 present	compound
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 father	case
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 father	nmod:poss
12	foster	foster	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 father	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 foster	punct
14	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which account of account's origin	the Princess present				to account's foster father	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Eventuality
2	account			account's origin					nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

She had come from heaven

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 come	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 come	aux
3	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 heaven	case
5	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past · perfect	She			heaven			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from heaven=Initial_Location

Option 2

She had fallen from the sky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fallen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fallen	aux
3	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sky	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sky	det
6	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fallen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past · perfect	She			the sky			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She had descended from the moon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 descended	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 descended	aux
3	descended	descend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 moon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 moon	det
6	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 descended	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	descend	past · perfect	She			the moon			vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from moon=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She said she had been sent down from the moon palace as a child to live among mortals

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sent	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sent	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 sent	aux:pass
6	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 said	ccomp
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 sent	compound:prt
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 palace	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
10	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 palace	compound
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
12	as	as	ADP	_	14 child	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 child	det
14	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 live	mark
16	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sent	advcl
17	among	among	ADP	_	18 mortals	case
18	mortals	mortal	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	send down	past · perfect · passive		she	the moon palace	as a child	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from palace=Initial_Location
3	live	to-infinitive			mortals		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among mortal=Location

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