Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the m…

What did the monkey state in order to persuade the jelly fish to return to the island?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: do, persuade, return · To what, where: monkey state, order, jelly fish

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1372 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the monkey tricks the jelly fish and escapes» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 state	det
4	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 state	compound
5	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 persuade	mark
9	persuade	persuade	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 did	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fish	det
11	jelly	jelly	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fish	compound
12	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 persuade	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 return	mark
14	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 persuade	advcl
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 island	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 island	det
17	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	the monkey state	order		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Eventuality
2	persuade	to-infinitive	the jelly fish			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient
3	return	to-infinitive			to the island result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to island=Result

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

That his liver was hanging on a tall tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 liver	det
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 liver	nmod:poss
3	liver	liver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hanging	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hanging	aux
5	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tree	det
8	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tree	amod
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hanging	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hanging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	past · progressive	his liver			a tall tree			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tree=Location

Option 2

That the Dragon King himself had asked him to fetch his liver from the mountain pine-tree.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 King	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
3	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 King	compound
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nsubj
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 King	nmod
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 asked	aux
7	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 asked	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 fetch	mark
10	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 asked	xcomp
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 liver	nmod:poss
12	liver	liver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetch	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	18 tree	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tree	det
15	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tree	compound
16	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tree	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 pine	punct
18	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fetch	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · perfect	the Dragon King King		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fetch not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Dragon King King not said here	King's liver		the mountain pine tree			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent liver=Theme from tree=Source

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That he had left his liver hanging upon a pine-tree.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 liver	nmod:poss
6	liver	liver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	hanging	hang	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 liver	acl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
10	pine	pine	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tree	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 pine	punct
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hanging	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect · passive		That					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme liver=Attribute
2	hang	gerund	his liver not said here			a pine tree			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon tree=Location

Option 4

That he had lost his liver.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 lost	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lost	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 liver	nmod:poss
6	liver	liver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect · passive		That					tree rules

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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1372-pg4018-part32/e1/