Test 8 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Hare of Inaba, part 35: the heal…

So the guy who helped him was a fairy, not a prince? That's so random, lol!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: guy, That · What happens: help, be · To what, where: him, fairy

This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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

Sentence 1: So the guy who helped him was a fairy, not a prince?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	9 fairy	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guy	det
3	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fairy	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 helped	nsubj
5	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 guy	acl:relcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 helped	obj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fairy	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 fairy	det
9	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 prince	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 prince	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 prince	det
13	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fairy	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 fairy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	the guy		him = he				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	is a	past	the guy	a fairy					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.

Sentence 2: That's so random, lol!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 random	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 random	cop
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 random	advmod
4	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 random	punct
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 random	discourse
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 random	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					random property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

What was the kind man really, according to his own words?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 man	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 man	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	really	really	ADV	_	5 man	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 words	punct
8	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 words	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 according	fixed
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 words	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 words	amod
12	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 man	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 man	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past		the kind man and his own words	tree rules
2	accord	gerund			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	word		his = he		nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

What did the kind man say he really was, a fairy or a King's son, when he spoke to the hare?

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fairy	nsubj
8	really	really	ADV	_	12 fairy	advmod
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fairy	cop
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fairy	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fairy	det
12	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 say	ccomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 son	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 King	det
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 son	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 King	case
17	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fairy	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 spoke	punct
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 spoke	advmod
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 spoke	nsubj
21	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 fairy	parataxis
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 hare	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 hare	det
24	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 spoke	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the kind man			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	is a	past	man	a fairy or a King's son		tree rules
3	speak speech: other	past	man		to the hare	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to hare=Co-Agent

Option 3

What was the helper actually, by his own word?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 helper	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 helper	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 helper	det
4	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 helper	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 word	punct
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 word	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 word	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 word	amod
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 helper	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 helper	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the helper and his own word				actually property	tree rules
2	word		his = he						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

What did the kind man claim to be?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 claim	det
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 claim	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 claim	compound
6	claim	claim	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 be	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 claim	acl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the kind man claim					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent claim=Eventuality

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