Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

What was the principal consequence of the serpent's venom for the Prince's journey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: be, journey · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» 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 consequence	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 venom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 serpent	det
8	serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 venom	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 serpent	case
10	venom	venom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	15 journey	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Prince	det
13	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 journey	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Prince	case
15	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 venom	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal consequence				of the serpent's venom for the Prince's journey	tree rules
2	journey		the Prince						nom journey «act 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

He was carried away on a litter to hot springs to be healed by the priests

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 carried	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 litter	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 litter	det
7	litter	litter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 springs	case
9	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 springs	amod
10	springs	spring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 healed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 healed	aux:pass
13	healed	heal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 carried	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 priests	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 priests	det
16	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 healed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry away	past · passive		He		a litter	spring	away property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	heal	to-infinitive · passive	the priests						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He was sent to a distant village to rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 village	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 village	det
6	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 village	amod
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 rest	mark
9	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sent	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive		He		a distant village			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to village=Destination
2	rest	to-infinitive							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was taken to hot springs to recover

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 taken	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 springs	case
5	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 springs	amod
6	springs	spring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taken	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 recover	mark
8	recover	recover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 taken	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past · passive		He			spring		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination
2	recover	to-infinitive							vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He was helped to the nearest hot springs where the local people nursed him slowly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 helped	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 helped	aux:pass
3	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	8 springs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 springs	det
6	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 springs	amod
7	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 springs	amod
8	springs	spring	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 helped	obl
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 nursed	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 people	det
11	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 people	amod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 nursed	nsubj
13	nursed	nurse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 helped	advcl
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 nursed	obj
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 nursed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past · passive		He			spring		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	nurse	past	the local people		him = he			slowly property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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