Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

Explain the intent behind the spiteful young man's advice to the injured hare.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: explain · To what, where: intent, injured hare, advice

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 intent	det
3	intent	intent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 advice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 man	det
6	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
7	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 man	amod
8	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 advice	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 man	case
10	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 hare	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hare	det
13	injured	injured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hare	amod
14	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the intent	the injured hare	the spiteful young man's advice			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent intent=Topic to hare=Recipient

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

He wanted to cause the hare more pain

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 cause	mark
4	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hare	det
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cause	obj
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 pain	amod
8	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hare	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	cause not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the hare and more pain					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hare=Patient

Option 2

He faked concern to trick the hare into more harm

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 faked	nsubj
2	faked	fake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	concern	concern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 faked	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 trick	mark
5	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 faked	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hare	det
7	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trick	obj
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 harm	case
9	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 harm	amod
10	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 trick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fake	past	He	concern					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent concern=Patient
2	trick	to-infinitive	He not said here	the hare				into more harm result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent hare=Patient into harm=Result

Option 3

He was jealous

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 jealous	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 jealous	cop
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					jealous property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He pretended kindness in order to cause further suffering to the hare

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 pretended	nsubj
2	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 order	case
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pretended	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cause	mark
7	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pretended	advcl
8	further	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 suffering	advmod
9	suffering	suffering	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 hare	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hare	det
12	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	past	He	kindness		order			tree rules
2	cause	to-infinitive	He not said here	suffering				to the hare	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition suffering=Patient

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