Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Happy Hunter, part 27: the lost…

State the reason given by the Happy Hunter for the forgiveness of the subject fish, and the name of the judge who granted it.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: judge · What happens: give, grant, name · To what, where: State reason, judge

This is exam question 2 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 Hunter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Hunter	det
7	Happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Hunter	amod
8	Hunter	Hunter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 forgiveness	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 forgiveness	det
11	forgiveness	forgiveness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 fish	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fish	det
14	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fish	compound
15	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 forgiveness	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 name	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 name	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 name	det
19	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 judge	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 judge	det
22	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 name	nmod
23	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 granted	nsubj
24	granted	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 judge	acl:relcl
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 granted	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	participle		the State reason and the name of the judge not said here	by the Happy Hunter; for the forgiveness of the subject fish	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for forgiveness=Asset
2	grant	past	the judge	judge		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	name			the judge		nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

He asked for mercy, and the brother agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 mercy	case
4	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 agreed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 agreed	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brother	det
8	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 agreed	nsubj
9	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 asked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	He					for mercy	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	agree speech: agree	past	the brother						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He blamed the cuttlefish, and the queen granted it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blamed	nsubj
2	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cuttlefish	det
4	cuttlefish	cuttlefish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blamed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 granted	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 granted	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 granted	nsubj
9	granted	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blamed	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 granted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	past	He	the cuttlefish					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cuttlefish=Theme
2	grant	past	the queen	cuttlefish					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He was sorry, and the king pardoned

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sorry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sorry	cop
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 king	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 king	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sorry	obl
8	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 king	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					the king obl; sorry property	tree rules
2	pardon	participle		the king not said here					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He blamed himself for the trouble, and Ryn Jin granted the pardon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blamed	nsubj
2	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 blamed	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 trouble	det
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blamed	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 granted	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 granted	cc
9	Ryn	Ryn	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 granted	nsubj
10	Jin	Jin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Ryn	flat
11	granted	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blamed	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pardon	det
13	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 granted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	past	He	himself = he				for the trouble	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent himself=Theme for trouble=Attribute
2	grant	past	Ryn	the pardon					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pardon=Theme

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