Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Mirror of Matsuyama, part 22: th…
bro why'd the dad cry, for real?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: cry
This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cry | vocative |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 cry | advmod |
| 3 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 cry | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dad | det |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cry | nsubj |
| 6 | cry | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 real | punct |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 real | case |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cry | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 cry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | would | the dad | bro vocative | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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
he realized he had been so wrong about her and felt guilty for doubting his poor daughter for so long
The tree, 20 words
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 realized | nsubj |
| 2 | realized | realize | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wrong | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 wrong | aux |
| 5 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 wrong | cop |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 wrong | advmod |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 realized | ccomp |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wrong | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 felt | cc |
| 11 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 realized | conj |
| 12 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 felt | xcomp |
| 13 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 14 doubting | mark |
| 14 | doubting | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 guilty | advcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 16 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 daughter | amod |
| 17 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 doubting | obj |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 long | case |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 long | advmod |
| 20 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | realize | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | past · perfect | he | about her = she; wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | feel | past | he not said here | guilty property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | doubt | gerund | he not said here | his poor daughter | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
he felt bad about how lonely she was
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 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 felt | xcomp |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 lonely | case |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 lonely | advmod |
| 6 | lonely | lonely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 felt | xcomp |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 lonely | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lonely | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | he | bad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | past | she | lonely property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
he remembered how his own wife had cried in the same room years ago and how useless he felt
The tree, 19 words
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 remembered | nsubj |
| 2 | remembered | remember | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 cried | advmod |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wife | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wife | amod |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cried | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | aux |
| 8 | cried | cry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 remembered | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 years | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 years | det |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 years | amod |
| 12 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 years | compound |
| 13 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cried | obl |
| 14 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 13 years | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 useless | cc |
| 16 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 17 useless | advmod |
| 17 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 cried | conj |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 felt | nsubj |
| 19 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 useless | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remember | past | he | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past · perfect | his own wife | year | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | feel | past | he | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
cuz he missed his wife a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cuz | cuz | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 missed | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 missed | nsubj |
| 3 | missed | miss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wife | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 missed | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lot | det |
| 7 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 missed | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past | cuz | cuz's wife | a lot obl:unmarked | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus |
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