Test 7 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man Who Made the Trees Bloss…
Mate, what did the Daimio give the real old man to drink?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Daimio · What happens: give, drink · To what, where: Mate
This is test 7 · ★ 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. 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 give | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 give | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 give | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Daimio | det |
| 6 | Daimio | Daimio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 give | nsubj |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 man | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 man | amod |
| 11 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 drink | mark |
| 13 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 man | acl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · do-support | the Daimio | Mate | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient man=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drink | to-infinitive | the Daimio not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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
A warm rice wine in a jug
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 wine | det |
| 2 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wine | amod |
| 3 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wine | compound |
| 4 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 jug | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 jug | det |
| 7 | jug | jug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wine | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Some green tea in a bowl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 tea | det |
| 2 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 tea | amod |
| 3 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bowl | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bowl | det |
| 6 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tea | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The very best SAKE in a golden wine cup, served with plum cakes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 SAKE | det |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 best | advmod |
| 3 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 SAKE | amod |
| 4 | SAKE | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cup | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cup | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cup | amod |
| 8 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cup | compound |
| 9 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 SAKE | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 served | punct |
| 11 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 SAKE | conj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 cakes | case |
| 13 | plum | plum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cakes | compound |
| 14 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 served | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | participle | with plum cakes | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with cake=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The best SAKE in a wine cup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 SAKE | det |
| 2 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 SAKE | amod |
| 3 | SAKE | sake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cup | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cup | det |
| 6 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cup | compound |
| 7 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 SAKE | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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