Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Goblin of Adachigahara: the prie…

With reference to the text, what did the wife plead for, and what was the outcome of her pleading?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: do, plead, be · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 4 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obl
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wife	det
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plead	nsubj
11	plead	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 did	parataxis
12	for	for	ADP	_	11 plead	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 outcome	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 outcome	cc
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 outcome	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 outcome	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 outcome	det
18	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 pleading	case
20	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 pleading	nmod:poss
21	pleading	pleading	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 outcome	nmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past			with reference to the text	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	plead speech: request	present	the wife			tree rules
3	is a	past		the outcome	of wife's pleading	tree rules
4	plead		wife			nom pleading «communication 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

she begged to keep the monkey alive, but it failed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkey	det
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keep	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 failed	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 failed	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 failed	nsubj
11	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 begged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	the monkey	alive property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Theme
3	fail	past	monkey			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

she begged her husband to spare the monkey's life many times, but he refused to listen to her at all

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 husband	nmod:poss
4	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 spare	mark
6	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 monkey	det
8	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 life	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 monkey	case
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spare	obj
11	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 times	amod
12	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spare	obl:unmarked
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 refused	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 refused	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 refused	nsubj
16	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 begged	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 listen	mark
18	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 refused	xcomp
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 her	case
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 listen	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 listen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she		her husband			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient
2	spare	to-infinitive	she not said here	the monkey's life			time	vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent life=Asset
3	refuse	past	husband					vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not listen	to-infinitive	husband not said here		monkey	all		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to she=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she pleaded to spare the monkey, and it was in vain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pleaded	nsubj
2	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 spare	mark
4	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pleaded	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkey	det
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spare	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 vain	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 vain	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 vain	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 vain	cop
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 vain	case
12	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pleaded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	plead speech: request	past	she			tree rules
2	spare	to-infinitive	she not said here	the monkey		vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent monkey=Asset
3	is	past	monkey		vain property	tree rules

Option 4

she pleaded with tears for the monkey to be spared, and her husband then sent it away anyway

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pleaded	nsubj
2	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 tears	case
4	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pleaded	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 monkey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkey	det
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pleaded	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	10 spared	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 spared	aux:pass
10	spared	spare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pleaded	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sent	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sent	cc
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 husband	nmod:poss
14	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sent	nsubj
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 sent	advmod
16	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pleaded	parataxis
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sent	obj
18	away	away	ADV	_	16 sent	advmod
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	16 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	plead speech: request	past	she			with tears; for the monkey	tree rules
2	spare	to-infinitive · passive	she not said here				vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»
3	send away	past	monkey's husband	it	then	anyway, away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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