Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

State the reason the crocodiles inflicted punishment upon the hare after the crossing.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: inflict

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punishment	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punishment	nsubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crocodiles	det
5	crocodiles	crocodile	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 punishment	nsubj
6	inflicted	inflict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 punishment	amod
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 hare	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hare	det
10	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 punishment	nmod
11	after	after	ADP	_	13 crossing	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 crossing	det
13	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hare	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 punishment	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inflict	participle							tree rules

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

They found out that the hare had tricked them, that he was counting them, and that he was mocking them loudly as he escaped

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 found	compound:prt
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 tricked	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hare	det
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tricked	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tricked	aux
8	tricked	trick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 found	ccomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tricked	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 counting	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 counting	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 counting	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 counting	aux
14	counting	count	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 tricked	advcl
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 counting	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 mocking	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 mocking	cc
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 mocking	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 mocking	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 mocking	aux
21	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 counting	conj
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 mocking	obj
23	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	21 mocking	advmod
24	as	as	SCONJ	_	26 escaped	mark
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 escaped	nsubj
26	escaped	escape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tricked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	find out	past	They			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	trick	past · perfect · passive		the hare		tree rules
3	count	past · progressive	hare	them = they		vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	mock	past · progressive	hare	them = they	loudly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
5	escape	past	hare			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They discovered that they had been deceived and that the hare was mocking them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 deceived	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 deceived	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 deceived	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 deceived	aux:pass
7	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 discovered	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mocking	cc
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 mocking	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hare	det
11	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mocking	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 mocking	aux
13	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 discovered	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mocking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	discover	past	They		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	deceive	past · perfect · passive		they	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	mock	past · progressive	the hare	them = they	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

They discovered that they had been deceived by the hare and that the hare had been mocking them the whole time while crossing

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 discovered	nsubj
2	discovered	discover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 deceived	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 deceived	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 deceived	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 deceived	aux:pass
7	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 discovered	ccomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 hare	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hare	det
10	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 deceived	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 mocking	cc
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 mocking	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hare	det
14	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mocking	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 mocking	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 mocking	aux
17	mocking	mock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 discovered	advcl
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mocking	obj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 time	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 time	amod
21	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 mocking	obl:unmarked
22	while	while	SCONJ	_	23 crossing	mark
23	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 discovered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	discover	past	They			vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	deceive	past · perfect · passive	the hare	they		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	mock	past · perfect · progressive	the hare	them = they	time	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	cross	gerund	They not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They found they were fooled by the hare's counting trick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fooled	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fooled	aux:pass
5	fooled	fool	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 found	ccomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 trick	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hare	det
8	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 hare	case
10	counting	counting	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trick	compound
11	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fooled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	find	past	They		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fool	past · passive	the hare's counting trick	they	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	trick		the hare		nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

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