Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight: the Princess is…

What reason does the narrative assign for the Princess's banishment to the terrestrial realm?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, Princess · What happens: do, banish · To what, where: narrative assign

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1359 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight: the Princess is taken back to the moon» 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	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 assign	det
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assign	compound
6	assign	assign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 banishment	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 banishment	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Princess	case
11	banishment	banishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 assign	nmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	15 realm	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 realm	det
14	terrestrial	terrestrial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 realm	amod
15	realm	realm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 banishment	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	what reason	the narrative assign				for the Princess's banishment to the terrestrial realm	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assign=Eventuality
2	banish		the Princess					to the terrestrial realm	nom banishment «state transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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 · ✓ the right answer

She had committed a grave fault

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 committed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 committed	aux
3	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fault	det
5	grave	grave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fault	compound
6	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 committed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commit	past · perfect	She	a grave fault					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Theme

Option 2

She had committed a grave fault against the moon-chief and the heavens

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 committed	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 committed	aux
3	committed	commit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fault	det
5	grave	grave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fault	amod
6	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 committed	obj
7	against	against	ADP	_	11 chief	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 chief	det
9	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 chief	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 moon	punct
11	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 committed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 heavens	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 heavens	det
14	heavens	heaven	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 chief	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commit	past · perfect	She	a grave fault				against the moon chief and the heavens	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fault=Theme

Option 3

She had broken a vow

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 broken	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 vow	det
5	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broken	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · perfect	She	a vow					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vow=Patient

Option 4

She had forgotten her heavenly duty

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 forgotten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 duty	nmod:poss
5	heavenly	heavenly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 duty	amod
6	duty	duty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past · perfect	She	her heavenly duty					tree rules

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