Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…

Which phrase best describes the condition of the cottage upon the priest's arrival?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: phrase, priest · What happens: describe, condition, arrive · To what, where: condition, cottage

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1363 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1: a lost priest finds a lonely hut and a forbidden room» 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 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 condition	det
6	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 cottage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cottage	det
9	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 condition	nmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 arrival	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 priest	det
12	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 arrival	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 priest	case
14	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cottage	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the condition of the cottage upon the priest's arrival	well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme
2	condition			the cottage upon the priest's arrival		nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient
3	arrive		the priest			nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Tumble-down, its fence broken and its posts bent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tumble	tumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 down	punct
3	down	down	ADV	_	1 Tumble	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fence	punct
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fence	nmod:poss
6	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tumble	conj
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fence	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 posts	cc
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 posts	nmod:poss
10	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Tumble	conj
11	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Tumble	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle		its fence not said here					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Neat, its fence whole and posts straight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neat	Neat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 whole	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fence	punct
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 fence	nmod:poss
4	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Neat	appos
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 posts	cc
7	posts	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 whole	conj
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 posts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	present						straight property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Tumble-down, its fence broken and its posts bent, with weeds growing through every floorboard in the hall

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tumble	tumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 down	punct
3	down	down	ADV	_	1 Tumble	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fence	punct
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fence	nmod:poss
6	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tumble	conj
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fence	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bent	cc
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 posts	nmod:poss
10	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bent	nsubj
11	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 broken	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 weeds	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 weeds	case
14	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 broken	obl
15	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 weeds	acl
16	through	through	ADP	_	18 floorboard	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 floorboard	det
18	floorboard	floorboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 growing	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 hall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hall	det
21	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 growing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle		its fence not said here				with weeds	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with weed=Instrument
2	grow	gerund	weeds not said here			every floorboard		in the hall	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through floorboard=Location

Option 4

Tumble-down, its fence broken and its posts bent, though the inner rooms looked comfortable enough

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tumble	tumble	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 looked	nsubj
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 down	punct
3	down	down	ADV	_	1 Tumble	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fence	punct
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fence	nmod:poss
6	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tumble	conj
7	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 fence	acl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bent	cc
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 posts	nmod:poss
10	posts	post	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 bent	nsubj
11	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 broken	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 looked	punct
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 looked	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rooms	det
15	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 rooms	amod
16	rooms	room	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 looked	nsubj
17	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 looked	xcomp
19	enough	enough	ADV	_	18 comfortable	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle		its fence not said here					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	look	past	Tumble and its fence					comfortable property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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