Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: th…

Which sentiment is expressed by the monkey regarding the possibility of discovery?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: monkey · What happens: express, regard · To what, where: sentiment

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1373 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab, part 33: the monkey eats the ripe persimmons and kills the crab» 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 sentiment	det
2	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 expressed	aux:pass
4	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 monkey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 monkey	det
7	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 expressed	obl
8	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 possibility	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 possibility	det
10	possibility	possibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 monkey	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 discovery	case
12	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 possibility	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 expressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	present · passive	the monkey regard the possibility of discovery	which sentiment					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	regard	gerund							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: 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

he worried about the bees now

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	2 worried	nsubj
2	worried	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 bees	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bees	det
5	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 worried	obl
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 worried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	past	he				now	about the bees	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about bee=Stimulus

Option 2

he was proud of the fruit

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 proud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 proud	cop
3	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 fruit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fruit	det
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 proud	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					of the fruit; proud property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he feared the family's retaliation

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	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retaliation	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 family	case
6	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	he	the family's retaliation					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer retaliation=Stimulus
2	retaliate		the family						nom retaliation «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he feared the family's retaliation and stayed hidden at home for days

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	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 retaliation	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 family	case
6	retaliation	retaliation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stayed	cc
8	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 feared	conj
9	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 home	amod
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 home	case
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stayed	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 days	case
13	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	fear	past	he	the family's retaliation		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer retaliation=Stimulus
2	stay	past	he not said here	hidden home	day	vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme home=Location
3	hide	participle				vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	retaliate		the family			nom retaliation «act transitive»: poss=agent

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