Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young c…

Which agent first wounded the monkey within the crab's residence?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: agent · What happens: wound · To what, where: monkey

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1374 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Monkey and the Crab: the young crab takes revenge on the monkey who killed his father» 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 agent	det
2	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wounded	nsubj
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 wounded	advmod
4	wounded	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkey	det
6	monkey	monkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wounded	obj
7	within	within	ADP	_	11 residence	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crab	det
9	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 residence	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 crab	case
11	residence	residence	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wounded	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wounded	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wound	past	which agent	the monkey				within the crab's residence; first property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus monkey=Experiencer

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

the stone, dropped from the high gate roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stone	det
2	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 stone	punct
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 roof	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 roof	det
7	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 roof	amod
8	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 roof	compound
9	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	participle	the stone			the high gate roof			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from roof=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the chestnut, concealed within the hearth ashes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chestnut	det
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 chestnut	punct
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	within	within	ADP	_	8 ashes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ashes	det
7	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ashes	compound
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	participle	the chestnut					within the hearth ashes	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

the bee, hidden among the garden flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bee	det
2	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hidden	punct
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 bee	acl
5	among	among	ADP	_	8 flowers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flowers	det
7	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 flowers	compound
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		the bee not said here		the garden flowers			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among flower=Location

Option 4

the chestnut, hidden in the hearth ashes and burning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chestnut	det
2	chestnut	chestnut	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hidden	punct
4	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chestnut	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 ashes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ashes	det
7	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ashes	compound
8	ashes	ash	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hidden	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 burning	cc
10	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ashes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		the chestnut not said here		the hearth ashes and burning			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in ash=Location

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.

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