Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…

What was the consequence of the stepmother's confession for the household?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: be, confess · To what, where: consequence

This is exam question 3 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	4 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 consequence	det
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 confession	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stepmother	det
7	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 confession	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 stepmother	case
9	confession	confession	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 household	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 household	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the consequence				of the stepmother's confession; for the household	tree rules
2	confess		the stepmother						nom confession «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 right answer

She acknowledged her error and sought forgiveness

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 acknowledged	nsubj
2	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 error	nmod:poss
4	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acknowledged	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sought	cc
6	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 acknowledged	conj
7	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	acknowledge	past	She	her error	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent error=Topic
2	seek	past	She not said here	forgiveness	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forgiveness=Theme
3	err		her = she		nom error «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She confessed nothing and kept her distance

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 confessed	nsubj
2	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 confessed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 kept	cc
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 confessed	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 distance	nmod:poss
7	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confess	past	She	nothing					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	keep	past	She not said here	her distance					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She accepted her blame completely, wept before the family shrine, and asked everyone in the house to forgive her quietly

The tree, 20 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 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 blame	nmod:poss
4	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 accepted	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wept	punct
7	wept	weep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 accepted	conj
8	before	before	ADP	_	11 shrine	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 shrine	det
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shrine	compound
11	shrine	shrine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wept	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 asked	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 asked	cc
14	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accepted	parataxis
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 asked	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 house	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 house	det
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 asked	obl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 forgive	mark
20	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 asked	ccomp
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 forgive	obj
22	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	20 forgive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	She	her blame			completely property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blame=Theme
2	weep	participle	She not said here			before the family shrine		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	past		everyone	the house			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient clause=Topic
4	forgive not said to happen	to-infinitive		her = she			quietly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5	blame		her = she					nom blame «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

She admitted her lie and asked to be forgiven

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 admitted	nsubj
2	admitted	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lie	nmod:poss
4	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admitted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asked	cc
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 admitted	conj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 forgiven	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 forgiven	aux:pass
9	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 asked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	admit speech: other	past	She	her lie	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lie=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	She not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	forgive not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	She not said here		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»
4	lie		her = she		nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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