Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

In what manner did the old woman summon the drifting peach towards the riverbank?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: summon, drift · To what, where: drifting peach, manner

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 summon	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	nsubj
8	summon	summon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 peach	det
10	drifting	drift	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 peach	amod
11	peach	peach	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	obj
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	14 riverbank	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 riverbank	det
14	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 summon	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past · do-support	the old woman	the drifting peach		what manner		towards the riverbank	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peach=Recipient
2	drift	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

By clapping and singing a charm-verse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 clapping	mark
2	clapping	clap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 singing	cc
4	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 clapping	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 verse	det
6	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 verse	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 charm	punct
8	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 singing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clap	gerund							vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sing speech: express	gerund		a charm verse					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verse=Theme

Option 2

By wading into the river and dragging it with a rope and singing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wading	mark
2	wading	wade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 river	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wading	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dragging	cc
7	dragging	drag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wading	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dragging	obj
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 rope	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rope	det
11	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragging	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 singing	cc
13	singing	singing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rope	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wade	gerund				the river			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into river=Destination
2	drag	gerund		river				with a rope and singing	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

By wading out and pulling a rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 wading	mark
2	wading	wade	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 wading	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pulling	cc
5	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 wading	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rope	det
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wade out	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pull	gerund		a rope					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Theme

Option 4

By shouting and throwing a rope to it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 shouting	mark
2	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 throwing	cc
4	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shouting	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rope	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 throwing	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 it	case
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 throwing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw	gerund		a rope		rope			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rope=Theme to it=Destination

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