Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…

Yo, so the step-mother says sorry, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: step mother · What happens: say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	8 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 says	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mother	det
5	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mother	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 step	punct
7	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	8 says	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	present	the step mother					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yep, she says sorry, promises to change her ways, and then starts being nice to everyone at the market

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 promises	punct
7	promises	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 change	mark
9	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 promises	xcomp
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 ways	nmod:poss
11	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 change	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 starts	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 starts	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 starts	advmod
15	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
16	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 nice	cop
17	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 starts	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 everyone	case
19	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	17 nice	obl
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 market	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 market	det
22	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 starts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	present	she				sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	promise speech: promise	present	she not said here					vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	change not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	her ways				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
4	start	present	she not said here		the market	then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	is	gerund	she not said here				to everyone; nice property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, she says sorry but means nothing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	xcomp
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 means	cc
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	present	she					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	she not said here	nothing					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, she says sorry and wants to be good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wants	cc
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 good	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 good	cop
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	present	she	sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	she not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	good property	tree rules

Option 4

Yep, she says sorry and wants to be good, but she still moans about the girl all day

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wants	cc
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 good	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 good	cop
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wants	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 moans	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 moans	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 moans	nsubj
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 moans	advmod
15	moans	moan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
16	about	about	ADP	_	18 girl	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 girl	det
18	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 moans	obl
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 day	det
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 moans	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	present	she		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	she not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		good property	tree rules
4	moan	present	she	still; day	about the girl	vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about girl=Topic

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