Test 7 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…

how did she get the peach to come to her, did she have a stick?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, peach · What happens: get, come, have · To what, where: peach, her, stick

This is test 7 · ★ 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peach	det
6	peach	peach	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 come	mark
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	xcomp
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 come	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 have	punct
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 have	aux
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 have	nsubj
14	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 stick	det
16	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 have	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	she	the peach		tree rules
2	come	to-infinitive	the peach not said here		her = she	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial_Location
3	have	past · do-support	she	a stick		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Patient

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

she sang a long charm-verse and clapped while the river swirled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 verse	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 verse	amod
5	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 verse	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 charm	punct
7	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 clapped	cc
9	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	12 river	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 clapped	obj
13	swirled	swirl	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 clapped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she	a long charm verse	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verse=Theme
2	clap	past	she not said here	the river	tree rules
3	swirl	participle	she not said here		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she sang a little charm-verse and clapped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 verse	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 verse	amod
5	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 verse	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 charm	punct
7	verse	verse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 clapped	cc
9	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 sang	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she	a little charm verse					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verse=Theme
2	clap	past	she not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

she knelt by the bank and chanted a prayer while clapping loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knelt	nsubj
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 bank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knelt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chanted	cc
7	chanted	chant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knelt	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prayer	det
9	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chanted	obj
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 clapping	mark
11	clapping	clap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 chanted	advcl
12	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	11 clapping	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kneel	past	she		by the bank	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by bank=Location
2	chant	past	she not said here	a prayer		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic
3	clap	gerund	she not said here		loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

she sang a long prayer to the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prayer	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prayer	amod
5	prayer	prayer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 river	det
8	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she	a long prayer	the river				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent prayer=Topic to river=Recipient

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