Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

Which of the following best describes the outcome of the hare's second encounter with the remedy?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hare · What happens: follow, describe, encounter · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1375 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the healed hare thanks the kind man, who is a fairy, not a King's son» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	amod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 outcome	det
8	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 encounter	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hare	det
11	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 encounter	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 hare	case
13	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	14 encounter	amod
14	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 outcome	nmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 remedy	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 remedy	det
17	remedy	remedy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 encounter	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the outcome of the hare's second encounter with the remedy		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent outcome=Theme
3	encounter		the hare		with the remedy	nom encounter «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

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 hare's fur was fully restored after he bathed in the pond and then rolled upon kaba flowers to heal

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fur	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hare	case
4	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 restored	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 restored	aux:pass
6	fully	fully	ADV	_	7 restored	advmod
7	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 bathed	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bathed	nsubj
10	bathed	bath	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 restored	ccomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 pond	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pond	det
13	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bathed	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 rolled	cc
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 rolled	advmod
16	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 bathed	conj
17	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 flowers	case
18	kaba	kaba	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 flowers	compound
19	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 rolled	obl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 heal	mark
21	heal	heal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 rolled	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restore	past · passive		the hare's fur			fully property	tree rules
2	bath	past	hare		the pond			tree rules
3	roll	past	hare not said here		kaba flowers	then		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon flower=Trajectory
4	heal	to-infinitive	hare not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The hare's pain worsened after he bathed in sea salt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pain	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hare	case
4	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worsened	nsubj
5	worsened	worsen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 bathed	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bathed	nsubj
8	bathed	bath	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worsened	ccomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 salt	case
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 salt	compound
11	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bathed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	worsen	past	the hare's pain		tree rules
2	bath	past	pain	sea salt	tree rules
3	pain		the hare		nom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The hare was left worse than before, because he bathed in the sea and sat in drying wind, and then ran away crying

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux:pass
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 left	xcomp
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 before	case
7	before	before	ADV	_	5 worse	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bathed	punct
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 bathed	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 bathed	nsubj
11	bathed	bath	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	parataxis
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 sea	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bathed	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sat	cc
16	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 bathed	conj
17	in	in	SCONJ	_	18 drying	mark
18	drying	dry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 sat	advcl
19	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 drying	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 ran	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 ran	cc
22	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	23 ran	advmod
23	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	parataxis
24	away	away	ADV	_	23 ran	advmod
25	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 ran	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · passive		the hare			bad property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	bath	past	hare		the sea			tree rules
3	sit	past	hare not said here					vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	dry	gerund	hare not said here	wind				vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient wind=Result
5	run away	past				then	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	cry speech: express	gerund						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The hare's fur was restored after he bathed and rolled upon kaba flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hare	det
2	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fur	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 hare	case
4	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 restored	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 restored	aux:pass
6	restored	restore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 bathed	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bathed	nsubj
9	bathed	bath	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 restored	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rolled	cc
11	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 bathed	conj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 flowers	case
13	kaba	kaba	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flowers	compound
14	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 rolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	restore	past · passive		the hare's fur		vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
2	bath	past	hare			tree rules
3	roll	past	hare not said here		kaba flowers	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon flower=Trajectory

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