Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h…

Identify the account that the old woman gave concerning the discovery of the peach in the river.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, old woman · What happens: identify, give, concern, discover · To what, where: account, river, peach

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 account	det
3	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 gave	mark
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 gave	nsubj
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	advcl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 discovery	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 discovery	det
11	discovery	discovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 peach	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 peach	det
14	peach	peach	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discovery	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 river	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the account			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	give	past	the old woman		the river	concern the discovery of the peach	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	concern	gerund					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	discover			the peach			nom discovery «act transitive»: of=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 had spotted it floating near the bank

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	3 spotted	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	aux
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spotted	obj
5	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 spotted	xcomp
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past · perfect	She	it					tree rules
2	float	gerund	She not said here			the bank			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near bank=Trajectory

Option 2

She found it in 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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 found	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 river	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 river	det
6	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	She	it		the river			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3

He had found it while fishing in the pond

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 found	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 fishing	mark
6	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 found	advcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 pond	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pond	det
9	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · perfect	He	it					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	fish	gerund	He not said here			the pond			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in pond=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She had found it while washing clothes in 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	3 found	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 found	aux
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 found	obj
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 washing	mark
6	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 found	advcl
7	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 washing	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 river	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 river	det
10	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 washing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · perfect	She	it					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	wash	gerund	She not said here	clothes		the river			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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