Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…
What is the step-mother's principal undertaking following her apology?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, undertake, follow · To what, where: apology
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 principal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 principal | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mother | det |
| 4 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mother | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 step | punct |
| 6 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 principal | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 mother | case |
| 8 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | undertaking | undertake | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 principal | advcl |
| 10 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 undertaking | acl |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 apology | nmod:poss |
| 12 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 following | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 principal | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | principal property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | undertake | gerund | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | follow | gerund | her apology | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apology=Theme |
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
To love and cherish the girl wholeheartedly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 love | mark |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 cherish | cc |
| 4 | cherish | cherish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 love | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cherish | obj |
| 7 | wholeheartedly | wholeheartedly | ADV | _ | 4 cherish | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | to-infinitive | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | cherish | infinitive | the girl | wholeheartedly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |
Option 2
To care for the girl most dearly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 care | mark |
| 2 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 girl | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 care | obl |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 7 dearly | advmod |
| 7 | dearly | dearly | ADV | _ | 2 care | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | care | to-infinitive | for the girl; dearly property | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for girl=Theme |
Option 3
To love and cherish the girl wholeheartedly, and to hand over all her household money to the girl
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 love | mark |
| 2 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 cherish | cc |
| 4 | cherish | cherish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 love | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cherish | obj |
| 7 | wholeheartedly | wholeheartedly | ADV | _ | 4 cherish | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hand | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hand | cc |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 hand | mark |
| 11 | hand | hand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 love | conj |
| 12 | over | over | ADP | _ | 16 money | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 money | det:predet |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 money | nmod:poss |
| 15 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 money | compound |
| 16 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hand | obl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 girl | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 girl | det |
| 19 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | to-infinitive | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | cherish | infinitive | the girl | wholeheartedly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | hand | to-infinitive | the girl | girl's household money | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to girl=Destination |
Option 4
To serve the girl and her father each day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 serve | mark |
| 2 | serve | serve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 serve | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 father | cc |
| 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 | 4 girl | conj |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 serve | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | to-infinitive | the girl and her father | day | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Attribute |
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