Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost…
Identify the object which the Happy Hunter had lost, and state the place in which it was ultimately discovered.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Happy Hunter · What happens: identify, lose, state, discover · To what, where: object, place, Hunter
This is exam question 1 of lesson 1367 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost hook is found in the TAI's throat and returned, and the Hunter stays on in the Sea Palace» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 object | det |
| 3 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lost | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Hunter | det |
| 6 | Happy | Happy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Hunter | flat |
| 7 | Hunter | Hunter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 lost | nsubj |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 lost | aux |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 object | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 state | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 state | cc |
| 12 | state | state | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Identify | parataxis |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 place | det |
| 14 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 state | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 which | case |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 discovered | obl |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 discovered | aux:pass |
| 19 | ultimately | ultimately | ADV | _ | 20 discovered | advmod |
| 20 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 place | acl:relcl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the object | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lose | past · perfect | the Happy Hunter | the object | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | state speech: other | infinitive | the place | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent place=Topic | |||||
| 4 | discover | past · passive | Hunter | the place | ultimately property | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
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 golden hook, in the cuttlefish's arm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hook | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hook | amod |
| 3 | hook | hook | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 arm | punct |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 arm | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cuttlefish | det |
| 7 | cuttlefish | cuttlefish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 arm | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 cuttlefish | case |
| 9 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hook | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a silver hook, which the cuttlefish pulled from the throat of a fish far away
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hook | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 hook | amod |
| 3 | hook | hook | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 pulled | punct |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cuttlefish | det |
| 7 | cuttlefish | cuttlefish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 hook | conj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 throat | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 throat | det |
| 11 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pulled | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 fish | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fish | det |
| 14 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 throat | nmod |
| 15 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 away | advmod |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 pulled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle · passive | a silver hook | the throat of a fish | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from throat=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
a fishing hook, found lodged in the throat of the TAI
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hook | det |
| 2 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hook | compound |
| 3 | hook | hook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lodged | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hook | punct |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lodged | aux:pass |
| 6 | lodged | lodge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 throat | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 throat | det |
| 9 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lodged | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 TAI | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 TAI | det |
| 12 | TAI | TAI | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 throat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lodge | past · passive | a fishing hook | the throat of the TAI | vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in throat=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
a fishing hook, found stuck in the throat of the red bream TAI
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hook | det |
| 2 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hook | compound |
| 3 | hook | hook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 found | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hook | punct |
| 5 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 found | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 throat | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 throat | det |
| 9 | throat | throat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stuck | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 bream | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bream | det |
| 12 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bream | amod |
| 13 | bream | bream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 throat | nmod |
| 14 | TAI | TAI | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 bream | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | a fishing hook | stuck property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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