Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Princess Moonlight: the Princess is…
Which party did the bamboo-cutter initially address in his refusal to surrender the Princess?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: party · What happens: do, surrender, refuse · To what, where: bamboo cutter, refusal, Princess
This is exam question 4 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 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 party | det |
| 2 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cutter | det |
| 5 | bamboo | bamboo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cutter | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 bamboo | punct |
| 7 | cutter | cutter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | initially | initially | ADV | _ | 9 address | advmod |
| 9 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cutter | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 refusal | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 refusal | nmod:poss |
| 12 | refusal | refusal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 surrender | mark |
| 14 | surrender | surrender | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 did | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Princess | det |
| 16 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 surrender | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | which party | the bamboo cutter address | party's refusal | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cutter=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | surrender | to-infinitive | which party not said here | the Princess | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | ||||
| 3 | refuse | party | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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
The messengers, who had come from the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 messengers | det |
| 2 | messengers | messenger | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 come | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 come | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 come | aux |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 messengers | acl |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · perfect | the messengers | the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The moon-chief, who had descended in the cloud
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chief | det |
| 2 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chief | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 moon | punct |
| 4 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 descended | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 descended | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 descended | aux |
| 8 | descended | descend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 chief | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cloud | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cloud | det |
| 11 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 descended | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descend | past · perfect | the moon chief | the cloud | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The Emperor's warriors who guarded the roof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Emperor | det |
| 2 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 warriors | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Emperor | case |
| 4 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 guarded | nsubj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 guarded | nsubj |
| 6 | guarded | guard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 roof | det |
| 8 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 guarded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | past | the Emperor's warriors | the roof | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roof=Beneficiary |
Option 4
The moon-chief, who had descended in the cloud with his whole retinue
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 chief | det |
| 2 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chief | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 moon | punct |
| 4 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 descended | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 descended | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 descended | aux |
| 8 | descended | descend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 chief | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cloud | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cloud | det |
| 11 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 descended | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 retinue | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 retinue | nmod:poss |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 retinue | amod |
| 15 | retinue | retinue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cloud | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | descend | past · perfect | the moon chief | the cloud with his whole retinue | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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