Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the prie…

Pursuant to the narrative, what animal did the monkey consult, and by what quality was it renowned?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: consult, renown · To what, where: quality

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1364 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the priest flees the haunted house» 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	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	11 consult	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 narrative	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrative	det
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consult	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 consult	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	obj
7	animal	animal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 consult	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 monkey	det
10	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 consult	nsubj
11	consult	consult	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 what	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 what	cc
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 what	case
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 consult	obj
16	quality	quality	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 renowned	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 renowned	aux:pass
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 renowned	nsubj:pass
19	renowned	renown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 what	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 consult	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consult	past · do-support	the monkey					to the narrative; pursuant property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2	renown	past · passive		quality					tree rules

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

a grey badger that was famed for its wisdom and strength in the hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 badger	det
2	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 badger	amod
3	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 famed	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 famed	aux:pass
6	famed	fame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 badger	acl:relcl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 wisdom	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wisdom	nmod:poss
9	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 famed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 strength	cc
11	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wisdom	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 hills	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hills	det
14	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 famed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fame	past · passive		a grey badger		the hills		for badger's wisdom and strength	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a clever badger, famed for cunning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 badger	det
2	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 badger	amod
3	badger	badger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 famed	punct
5	famed	fame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 badger	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 cunning	case
7	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 famed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fame	participle		a clever badger not said here				for cunning	tree rules

Option 3

the wild boar, famous across the land for its great wisdom and cunning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boar	det
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boar	amod
3	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 famous	punct
5	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boar	amod
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 land	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 famous	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 wisdom	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 wisdom	nmod:poss
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wisdom	amod
12	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 famous	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cunning	cc
14	cunning	cunning	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wisdom	conj

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the wild boar, renowned for wisdom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boar	det
2	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 boar	amod
3	boar	boar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 renowned	punct
5	renowned	renown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 boar	acl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 wisdom	case
7	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 renowned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	renown	participle		the wild boar not said here				for wisdom	tree rules

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