Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Jelly Fish: the m…

Which phrase accurately characterises the condition of the jelly fish at the close of the narrative?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: characteris, condition · To what, where: condition, jelly fish

This is exam question 3 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 characterises	advmod
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 condition	det
6	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	obj
7	of	of	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 condition	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 close	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 close	det
13	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fish	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 narrative	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 narrative	det
16	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 close	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which phrase	the condition of the jelly fish at the close of the narrative				accurately property	tree rules
2	condition			the jelly fish at the close of the narrative					nom condition «state transitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

Soft and boneless, as all his descendants remain.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 boneless	cc
3	boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Soft	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 remain	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 remain	mark
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 descendants	det:predet
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 descendants	nmod:poss
8	descendants	descendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 remain	nsubj
9	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Soft	conj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Soft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	his descendants						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Boneless and beaten, as he long remained.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 beaten	cc
3	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Boneless	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 remained	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 remained	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 remained	nsubj
7	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 remained	advmod
8	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 beaten	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Boneless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	participle							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	remain	past	he					long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Beaten flat, soft, and boneless, as all his many descendants still remain along the shores.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 boneless	advcl
2	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Beaten	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 soft	punct
4	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 flat	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 boneless	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 boneless	cc
7	boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 remain	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 remain	mark
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 descendants	det:predet
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 descendants	nmod:poss
12	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 descendants	amod
13	descendants	descendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 remain	nsubj
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 remain	advmod
15	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 boneless	conj
16	along	along	ADP	_	18 shores	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 shores	det
18	shores	shore	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 remain	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 boneless	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat	participle						flat property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	remain	present	his many descendants			the shores	still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along shore=Location

Option 4

Soft and boneless, as all his descendants remain in the sea today.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 boneless	cc
3	boneless	boneless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Soft	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 remain	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 remain	mark
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 descendants	det:predet
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 descendants	nmod:poss
8	descendants	descendant	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 remain	nsubj
9	remain	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Soft	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obl
13	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 remain	obl:unmarked
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Soft	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	his descendants			the sea	today		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location

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