Test 7 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara, part 1:…

Why'd the old woman leave him, then?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: leave · To what, where: him

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 leave	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 leave	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 woman	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 woman	amod
5	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 leave	nsubj
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 leave	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 leave	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 leave	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 leave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	would	the old woman	him = he			then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ✓ the right answer

To get wood, cos the fire went out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 went	advcl
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 went	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive	the fire not said here	wood					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus
2	go out	past	the fire					out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

For a bit of fresh air, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 bit	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mate	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 air	case
5	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 air	amod
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bit	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

To get wood, cos the fire went out and she wanted to cook him a proper dinner

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 went	advcl
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
5	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	8 went	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fire	det
7	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	out	out	ADV	_	8 went	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 wanted	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 wanted	nsubj
12	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 went	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 cook	mark
14	cook	cook	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wanted	xcomp
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 cook	obj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 dinner	det
17	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 dinner	amod
18	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive	the fire not said here	wood			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wood=Stimulus
2	go out	past	the fire			out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	want	past	fire				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	cook not said to happen	to-infinitive	fire not said here	a proper dinner	him = he		vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary dinner=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To fetch wood from the back, cos the fire went out and she's dead cold, innit

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 fetch	mark
2	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fetch	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fetch	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	11 went	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fire	det
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fetch	conj
12	out	out	ADV	_	11 went	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cold	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 cold	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cold	cop
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cold	amod
17	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 went	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
19	innit	innit	INTJ	_	2 fetch	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fetch	to-infinitive		wood	the back		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wood=Theme from back=Source
2	go out	past	the fire			out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	fire			cold property	tree rules

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