Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the m…

What was the principal consequence imposed upon the jelly fish by the Dragon King?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, impose · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 2 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 consequence	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 fish	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fish	det
9	jelly	jelly	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fish	compound
10	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	obl
11	by	by	ADP	_	14 King	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
13	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 King	compound
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 imposed	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence					tree rules
2	impose	participle		the principal consequence not said here				upon the jelly fish; by the Dragon King	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

His bones were removed and his body was beaten.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bones	nmod:poss
2	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 removed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 beaten	cc
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 body	nmod:poss
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 beaten	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 beaten	aux:pass
9	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 removed	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 removed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive		His bones					vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	beat	past · passive		his body					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

He was sentenced to exile in the distant sea.

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 sentenced	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sentenced	aux:pass
3	sentenced	sentence	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 exile	mark
5	exile	exile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sentenced	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sea	det
8	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sea	amod
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exile	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sentenced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sentence	past · passive		He					tree rules
2	exile	to-infinitive				the distant sea			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

His bones were removed, his body was beaten, and he was thrown into the far water beyond the gates.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bones	nmod:poss
2	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 removed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 removed	aux:pass
4	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 beaten	punct
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 body	nmod:poss
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 beaten	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 beaten	aux:pass
9	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 removed	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 thrown	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 thrown	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 thrown	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 thrown	aux:pass
14	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 removed	conj
15	into	into	ADP	_	18 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 water	det
17	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 water	amod
18	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 thrown	obl
19	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	21 gates	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gates	det
21	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 thrown	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 removed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	remove	past · passive	His bones		vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	beat	past · passive	his body		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
3	throw	past · passive	body	into the far water result; beyond the gates	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into water=Result

Option 4

He was locked in a dungeon until his bones were removed and his body was finally beaten.

The tree, 17 words

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 locked	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 locked	aux:pass
3	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 dungeon	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dungeon	det
6	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 locked	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 removed	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 bones	nmod:poss
9	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 removed	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 removed	aux:pass
11	removed	remove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 locked	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 beaten	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 body	nmod:poss
14	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 beaten	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 beaten	aux:pass
16	finally	finally	ADV	_	17 beaten	advmod
17	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 removed	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 locked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lock	past · passive	He	a dungeon		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	remove	past · passive	his bones			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	beat	past · passive	his body		finally property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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