Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, par…

Which object did Ototachibana present to the Prince so that he might examine the completed appearance of his disguise?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, Ototachibana · What happens: present, examine, complete · To what, where: Prince, completed appearance

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1376 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Prince Yamato Take, part 1: a prince dresses as a lady to trick and slay a rebel chief» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 present	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 present	aux
4	Ototachibana	Ototachibana	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 present	nsubj
5	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 Prince	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Prince	det
8	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 present	obl
9	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	13 examine	mark
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 so	fixed
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 examine	nsubj
12	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 examine	aux
13	examine	examine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 present	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 appearance	det
15	completed	complete	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 appearance	amod
16	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 examine	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 disguise	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 disguise	nmod:poss
19	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appearance	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 present	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	present	past · do-support	which object		the Prince	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to prince=Recipient
2	examine	might	Ototachibana	the completed appearance of Ototachibana's disguise		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme
3	complete	participle				vn complete-55.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

A silver jewel, which she polished

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 jewel	det
2	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jewel	amod
3	jewel	jewel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 polished	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 polished	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 polished	nsubj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 polished	nsubj
7	polished	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish	past	a silver jewel						vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Her mirror, to look at his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mirror	nmod:poss
2	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct
4	to	to	PART	_	5 look	mark
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	to-infinitive	Her mirror					at his face	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at face=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her mirror, in which he regarded himself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mirror	nmod:poss
2	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 regarded	nsubj:outer
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 regarded	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 regarded	obl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 regarded	nsubj
7	regarded	regard	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 regarded	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	regard	past	Her mirror	himself = he					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A gold necklace from the palace, which she held up so that he could see how the disguise looked on his neck

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 necklace	det
2	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 necklace	compound
3	necklace	necklace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 held	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 necklace	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 held	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 held	nsubj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 held	nsubj
10	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 held	compound:prt
12	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	16 see	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 so	fixed
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 see	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 see	aux
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 held	advcl
17	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	20 looked	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 disguise	det
19	disguise	disguise	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 looked	nsubj
20	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 see	advcl
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 neck	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 neck	nmod:poss
23	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 looked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	hold up	past	a gold necklace from the palace		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	see	could	he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	look	past	the disguise	on his neck	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on neck=Theme

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