Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

why did the old man wash his feet before going up to the porch?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: wash, go up · To what, where: feet

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 wash	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wash	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wash	nsubj
6	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wash	obj
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 going	mark
10	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 wash	advcl
11	up	up	ADV	_	10 going	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 porch	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 porch	det
14	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 going	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 wash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	past · do-support	the old man	man's feet					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient
2	go up	gerund	the old man not said here					to the porch	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 · ✓ the right answer

he had been cutting grass all day

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	4 cutting	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cutting	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 cutting	aux
4	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cutting	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cutting	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · perfect · progressive	he	grass			day		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grass=Product

Option 2

he had spent the whole day cutting grass in the hot sun

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 spent	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spent	aux
3	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 day	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 day	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spent	obj
7	cutting	cut	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 spent	advcl
8	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cutting	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 sun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sun	det
11	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sun	amod
12	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cutting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past · perfect	he				day		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	cut	gerund	he not said here	grass		the hot sun			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset grass=Product

Option 3

his feet were muddy from the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 feet	nmod:poss
2	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 muddy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 muddy	cop
4	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 field	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 field	det
7	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 muddy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his feet			the field		muddy property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

he had been out working in the fields since early morning

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	5 working	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 working	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 working	aux
4	out	out	ADP	_	3 been	compound:prt
5	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fields	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fields	det
8	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 working	obl
9	since	since	ADP	_	11 morning	case
10	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 morning	amod
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past · perfect · progressive	he				morning	in the fields	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in field=Theme

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