Test 11 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Story of Yamato Take, part 38: t…
did the sea really look like a brook for real
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, look · To what, where: sea
This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 look | advcl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sea | det |
| 3 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 did | obj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 look | advmod |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 brook | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 brook | det |
| 8 | brook | brook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 real | case |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the sea | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | look | present | like a brook; for real | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for real=Theme |
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
yeah, actually it got smooth for a bit, but the prince was still bragging a lot
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 bit | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bit | det |
| 9 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smooth | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bragging | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 bragging | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bragging | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 bragging | aux |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 16 bragging | advmod |
| 16 | bragging | brag | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 got | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 lot | det |
| 18 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bragging | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | it | actually, smooth property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | brag speech: other | past · progressive | the prince | a lot | still | tree rules |
Option 2
nah, it was a huge storm, and he was just showing off to his crew for no reason
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 storm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 storm | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 storm | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 storm | det |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 storm | amod |
| 7 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 showing | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 showing | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 showing | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 showing | aux |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 showing | advmod |
| 13 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 storm | advcl |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 showing | compound:prt |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 crew | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 crew | nmod:poss |
| 17 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 showing | obl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 reason | case |
| 19 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 20 reason | det |
| 20 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 showing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a huge storm | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show off | past · progressive | he | his crew | for no reason | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to crew=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
nah, it was a huge storm, he was just showing off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 storm | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 storm | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 storm | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 storm | det |
| 6 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 storm | amod |
| 7 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 showing | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 showing | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 showing | aux |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 showing | advmod |
| 12 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 storm | parataxis |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 showing | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a huge storm | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | show off | past · progressive | he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yes it was calm, the prince was just right about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 calm | discourse |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 calm | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 calm | cop |
| 4 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 right | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 right | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 right | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 right | advmod |
| 10 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 calm | conj |
| 11 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | calm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the prince | about it; right property | tree rules |
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