Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss…

Which action of the old man restores the withered cherry tree to bloom in the Daimio's garden?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, old man · What happens: restore, wither, bloom, act · To what, where: withered cherry tree, garden

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1370 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Blossom: the ashes bring a dead cherry tree into bloom, and the greedy neighbor is jailed» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restores	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 man	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 man	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
7	restores	restore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
9	withered	wither	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 tree	amod
10	cherry	cherry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restores	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 bloom	mark
13	bloom	bloom	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 restores	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	18 garden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Daimio	det
16	Daimio	Daimio	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 garden	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Daimio	case
18	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bloom	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 restores	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	restore	present	which action of the old man	the withered cherry tree		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent tree=Theme
2	wither	participle				vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	bloom	to-infinitive	which action of the old man not said here		the Daimio's garden	vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Location
4	act		the old man			nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

Scattering the ashes over the branches from the fork of the tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scattering	scatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ashes	det
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Scattering	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 branches	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 branches	det
6	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Scattering	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 fork	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fork	det
9	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scattering	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tree	det
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fork	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	gerund		the ashes		the branches		from the fork of the tree	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme over branch=Destination

Option 2

Pouring the sake over the roots from the base of the pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sake	det
3	sake	sake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 roots	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 roots	det
6	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pouring	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 base	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 base	det
9	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pouring	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pond	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pond	det
12	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 base	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	gerund		the sake		the roots		from the base of the pond	vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent sake=Theme from base=Initial_Location

Option 3

Scattering the ashes over every branch of the tree from the very top of the fork and the pond

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scattering	scatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ashes	det
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Scattering	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scattering	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 branch	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 top	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 top	det
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 top	advmod
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scattering	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 fork	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fork	det
16	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 top	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 pond	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 pond	det
19	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 top	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	gerund		the ashes		every branch of the tree		from the top of the fork and the pond	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme over branch=Destination

Option 4

Scattering the ashes over every branch of the tree from the very top of the fork in the pond

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scattering	scatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ashes	det
3	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Scattering	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 branch	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 branch	det
6	branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scattering	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 branch	nmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 top	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 top	det
12	very	very	ADV	_	13 top	advmod
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scattering	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 fork	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fork	det
16	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 top	nmod
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 pond	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 pond	det
19	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Scattering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	gerund		the ashes		every branch of the tree		from the top of the fork; in the pond	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ash=Theme over branch=Destination

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