Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: t…

What is the principal lesson conveyed by the Prince's lament at the close of this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: be, convey, lament · To what, where: principal lesson, close

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 lesson	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lesson	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lesson	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lesson	amod
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	conveyed	convey	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 lesson	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 lament	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prince	det
9	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 lament	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Prince	case
11	lament	lament	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 close	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 close	det
14	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveyed	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 part	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 part	det
17	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 close	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lesson	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal lesson			tree rules
2	convey	participle		the principal lesson not said here	the close of this part	by the Prince's lament	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	lament		the Prince				nom lament «communication transitive»: poss=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 · ← Mova's choice

that loyalty matters more than fine clothes and beauty in a wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 loyalty	det
2	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	nsubj
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 matters	advmod
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 clothes	case
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 clothes	amod
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 matters	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 beauty	cc
9	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 clothes	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 wife	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wife	det
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 matters	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	that loyalty					than fine clothes and beauty; in a wife	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

that he recognised, too late, the constancy and devotion of his wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 recognised	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 recognised	nsubj
3	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 constancy	punct
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 late	advmod
6	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 constancy	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 constancy	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 constancy	det
9	constancy	constancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recognised	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 devotion	cc
11	devotion	devotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 constancy	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 wife	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 constancy	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

that he recognised, too late, the constancy and devotion of his wife, whom he had abandoned

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 recognised	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 recognised	nsubj
3	recognised	recognise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 constancy	punct
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 late	advmod
6	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 constancy	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 constancy	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 constancy	det
9	constancy	constancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 recognised	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 devotion	cc
11	devotion	devotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 constancy	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 wife	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 wife	nmod:poss
14	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 constancy	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 abandoned	punct
16	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 abandoned	obj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 abandoned	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 abandoned	aux
19	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 constancy	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recognise	past	he						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	abandon	past · perfect	he	the constancy of his wife and devotion					vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme whom=Source

Option 4

that he saw his wife's love too late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	that	that	SCONJ	_	3 saw	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 saw	nsubj
3	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wife	nmod:poss
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 love	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 wife	case
7	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saw	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 late	advmod
9	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 saw	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past	he	his wife's love				late property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer love=Stimulus
2	love		his wife						nom love «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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