Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight, part 18: the sui…

Wait, how'd the Emperor get to see her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Emperor · What happens: wait, get, see · To what, where: her

This is test 5 · ★ 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. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Emperor	det
6	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	xcomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present	the Emperor		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	see	to-infinitive	the Emperor not said here	her = she	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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

He sent his lady first, then followed her to the house on horseback

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	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lady	nmod:poss
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 sent	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 followed	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 followed	advmod
8	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sent	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 followed	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 followed	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 horseback	case
14	horseback	horseback	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 house	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	his lady				first property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Theme
2	follow	past	He not said here	her = she		the house on horseback	then		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme to house=Trajectory

Option 2

Passing by her house during a hunt with his full train of servants and guards

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	4 house	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 house	nmod:poss
4	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Passing	obl
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 hunt	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hunt	det
7	hunt	hunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Passing	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 train	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 train	nmod:poss
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 train	amod
11	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Passing	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 servants	case
13	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 train	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 guards	cc
15	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 servants	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund					during a hunt	by her house; with his full train of servants and guards	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by house=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Hunting nearby with his retinue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	1 Hunting	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 retinue	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 retinue	nmod:poss
5	retinue	retinue	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	gerund						with his retinue; nearby property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Out hunting with courtiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Out	out	ADV	_	2 hunting	advmod
2	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 courtiers	case
4	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hunting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	gerund						with courtiers; out property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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