Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

Identify the individual who identified himself as Okuni-nushi-no-Mikoto in the narrative.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, individual · What happens: identify · To what, where: individual, himself, narrative

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 individual	det
3	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 identified	nsubj
5	identified	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 individual	acl:relcl
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 identified	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 nushi	case
8	Okuni	Okuni	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 nushi	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Okuni	punct
10	nushi	nushi	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identified	obl
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 Mikoto	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 Mikoto	det
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 no	punct
14	Mikoto	Mikoto	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 nushi	appos
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 narrative	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 narrative	det
17	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 identified	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the individual					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent individual=Theme
2	identify	past	the individual	himself = he		the narrative		as Okuni nushi	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent himself=Theme as nushi=Attribute

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 right answer

The second man carrying a great bag on his back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 man	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bag	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 back	nmod:poss
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund	the second man not said here	a great bag		man's back			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Option 2

The second man carrying a great bag on his back who was the kindest of the three men on the beach

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	3 man	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kindest	nsubj
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 man	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bag	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 back	nmod:poss
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 kindest	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 kindest	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kindest	det
14	kindest	kind	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 men	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 men	det
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 men	nummod
18	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 kindest	obl
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 beach	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 beach	det
21	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 men	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund	the second man not said here	a great bag		man's back			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme
2	is	past	the second man					of the three men on the beach; kind property	tree rules

Option 3

The eldest King's son holding a small bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 son	det
2	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 son	amod
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 King	case
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 son	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bag	det
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bag	amod
9	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund	King's eldest son not said here	a small bag					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Option 4

The second man carrying a great bag on his back who later married the Princess Yakami

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 married	nsubj
4	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 man	acl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bag	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bag	amod
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 back	nmod:poss
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carrying	obl
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 married	nsubj
12	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 married	advmod
13	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Yakami	det
15	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Yakami	compound
16	Yakami	Yakami	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 married	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	gerund	the second man not said here	a great bag		man's back			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme
2	marry	past	the second man	the Princess Yakami				late property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yakami=Patient

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