Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss…
Which ruler is introduced at the opening of the second tale?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: introduce · To what, where: ruler, opening
This is exam question 4 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 ruler | det |
| 2 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 introduced | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 introduced | aux:pass |
| 4 | introduced | introduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 opening | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 opening | det |
| 7 | opening | opening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 introduced | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 tale | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tale | det |
| 10 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 tale | amod |
| 11 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 opening | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 introduced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | introduce | present · passive | which ruler | the opening of the second tale | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice
A Fox Spirit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 Fox | det |
| 2 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | Spirit | Spirit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Fox | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Rin Jin, the Dragon King of the Sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rin | Rin | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Jin | Jin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Rin | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 King | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 5 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 King | compound |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Rin | appos |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Sea | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Sea | det |
| 9 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 King | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Sea Witch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Witch | det |
| 2 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Witch | compound |
| 3 | Witch | Witch | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Kin Jun, the Tiger Lord of the Hills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kin | Kin | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Jun | Jun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kin | flat |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Lord | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Lord | det |
| 5 | Tiger | Tiger | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Lord | compound |
| 6 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kin | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Hills | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Hills | det |
| 9 | Hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Lord | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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