Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: t…

Which of the following best describes the means by which the Prince was delivered from the burning grass?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the · What happens: follow, describe, mean, deliver · To what, where: Prince, burning grass · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1378 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: the sea storm and Ototachibana's sacrifice» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 delivered	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 delivered	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 delivered	aux:pass
14	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 means	ccomp
15	from	from	ADP	_	18 grass	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 grass	det
17	burning	burning	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 grass	compound
18	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 delivered	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here			of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	deliver	past · passive		the Prince	the burning grass		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from grass=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

the wind changed direction and drove the flames back upon the governor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	nsubj
3	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drove	cc
6	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 changed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flames	det
8	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drove	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	6 drove	advmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 governor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 governor	det
12	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drove	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	the wind	direction					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient
2	drive back	past	the wind not said here	the flames		the governor			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent flame=Theme upon governor=Destination

Option 2

the wind changed direction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	nsubj
3	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	the wind	direction					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient

Option 3

the sword cut a path and the flames turned back upon the governor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sword	det
2	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 path	det
5	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 turned	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flames	det
8	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 turned	nsubj
9	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	conj
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 turned	advmod
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 governor	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 governor	det
13	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	the sword	a path					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset path=Product
2	turn back	past	the flames					upon the governor	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

the wind shifted course and carried the blaze back onto the governor's own men

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wind	det
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shifted	nsubj
3	shifted	shift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shifted	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 carried	cc
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 shifted	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 blaze	det
8	blaze	blaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obj
9	back	back	ADV	_	6 carried	advmod
10	onto	onto	ADP	_	15 men	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 governor	det
12	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 men	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 governor	case
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 men	amod
15	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shift	past	the wind	course					vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer course=Patient
2	carry back	past	the wind not said here	the blaze				onto the governor's own men	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blaze=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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