Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: t…
To what cause does the narrative attribute the rising of the tempest upon the sea?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cause, tempest · What happens: do, rise · To what, where: narrative attribute
This is exam question 3 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 2 what | case |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 attribute | det |
| 6 | narrative | narrative | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attribute | compound |
| 7 | attribute | attribute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | obj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rising | det |
| 9 | rising | rising | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 attribute | appos |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 tempest | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tempest | det |
| 12 | tempest | tempest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rising | nmod |
| 13 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 15 sea | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sea | det |
| 15 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tempest | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | cause | the narrative attribute | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attribute=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | rise | the tempest upon the sea | nom rising «event intransitive»: of=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 curse from the sea god
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 curse | det |
| 2 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 god | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 god | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 god | compound |
| 6 | god | god | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 curse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
the Prince's scornful remark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 remark | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Prince | case |
| 4 | scornful | scornful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 remark | amod |
| 5 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remark | the Prince | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
the wild anger of the sea, which the Prince had long disturbed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 anger | det |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 anger | amod |
| 3 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 anger | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 disturbed | punct |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 disturbed | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Prince | det |
| 10 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 disturbed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 disturbed | aux |
| 12 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 disturbed | advmod |
| 13 | disturbed | disturb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 anger | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | disturb | past · perfect · passive | the Prince | long property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer which=Result | ||||
| 2 | anger | the sea | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the Prince's scornful remark concerning the sea, which provoked Kin Jin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 remark | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Prince | case |
| 4 | scornful | scornful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 remark | amod |
| 5 | remark | remark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 provoked | nsubj |
| 6 | concerning | concern | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 sea | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sea | det |
| 8 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remark | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 provoked | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 provoked | nsubj |
| 11 | provoked | provoke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Kin | Kin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 provoked | obj |
| 13 | Jin | Jin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Kin | flat |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | concern | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | provoke | past | the Prince's scornful remark concern the sea | Kin | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus kin=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | remark | the Prince | concern the sea | nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent concern=obl |
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