Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…

What was the principal motive of the daughter in concealing the mirror upon her father's entrance?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, conceal · To what, where: principal motive, mirror, entrance

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1362 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: the father finds the mirror, and the stepmother begs pardon» 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	PRON	PronType=Int	5 motive	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 motive	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 motive	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 motive	amod
5	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 daughter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 daughter	det
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 motive	nmod
9	in	in	SCONJ	_	10 concealing	mark
10	concealing	conceal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 motive	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mirror	det
12	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concealing	obj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	17 entrance	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 father	nmod:poss
15	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 entrance	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 father	case
17	entrance	entrance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concealing	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 motive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal motive				of the daughter	tree rules
2	conceal	gerund		the mirror		her father's entrance			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mirror=Patient upon entrance=Location

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 right answer

To preserve inviolate her mother's final promise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 preserve	mark
2	preserve	preserve	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	inviolate	inviolate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 preserve	xcomp
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 promise	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mother	case
7	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 promise	amod
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 inviolate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	preserve	to-infinitive			vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Beneficiary
2	inviolate	infinitive		her mother's final promise	tree rules
3	promise		her mother		nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To prevent her stepmother from ever learning about the sacred object that her late mother had gifted her before dying

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prevent	mark
2	prevent	prevent	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 stepmother	nmod:poss
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prevent	obj
5	from	from	SCONJ	_	7 learning	mark
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	7 learning	advmod
7	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevent	advcl
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 object	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 object	det
10	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 object	amod
11	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 learning	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 gifted	mark
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mother	nmod:poss
14	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 mother	amod
15	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 gifted	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 gifted	aux
17	gifted	gift	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 learning	advcl
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 gifted	obj
19	before	before	SCONJ	_	20 dying	mark
20	dying	die	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 prevent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	prevent	to-infinitive	her stepmother			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer stepmother=Theme
2	learn	gerund		ever	about the sacred object	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about object=Topic
3	gift	past · perfect · passive	stepmother's late mother			tree rules
4	die	gerund				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

To shield the object from her father's temper, which had grown harsh since her mother's sudden and painful death

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 shield	mark
2	shield	shield	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 object	det
4	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 temper	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 temper	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 father	case
9	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 grown	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 grown	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 grown	aux
13	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 temper	acl:relcl
14	harsh	harsh	ADV	_	13 grown	advmod
15	since	since	ADP	_	22 death	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mother	nmod:poss
17	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 death	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 mother	case
19	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 death	amod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 painful	cc
21	painful	painful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 sudden	conj
22	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shield	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shield	to-infinitive		the object	her father's temper	since her mother's sudden death		tree rules
2	grow	past · perfect	her father's temper				harsh property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	temper		her father					nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent
4	die		her mother					nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

To protect the family's secret mirror

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mirror	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 family	case
6	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mirror	amod
7	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive		the family's secret mirror					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mirror=Beneficiary

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