Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h…

State the manner in which the canine companion responded upon learning the identity of Momotaro.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, respond, learn · To what, where: manner, canine companion, identity

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 companion	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 companion	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 companion	det
7	canine	canine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 companion	amod
8	companion	companion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
9	responded	respond	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 companion	acl
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 learning	mark
11	learning	learn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 responded	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 identity	det
13	identity	identity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 learning	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Momotaro	case
15	Momotaro	Momotaro	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 identity	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the manner	the canine companion	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic
2	respond speech: other	participle		the canine companion not said here		vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	learn	gerund		the identity of Momotaro		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent identity=Topic

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 begged mercy

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	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 begged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	He	mercy					vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent mercy=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He lowered himself and humbly asked for pardon

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	2 lowered	nsubj
2	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 lowered	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 asked	cc
5	humbly	humbly	ADV	_	6 asked	advmod
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lowered	conj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 pardon	case
8	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	past	He	himself = he					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	He not said here					for pardon; humbly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He knelt quietly and waited for orders

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	2 knelt	nsubj
2	knelt	kneel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 knelt	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 waited	cc
5	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knelt	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 orders	case
7	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kneel	past	He					quietly property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	past	He not said here					for orders	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He lowered his head and waited nervously

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	2 lowered	nsubj
2	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lowered	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 waited	cc
6	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lowered	conj
7	nervously	nervously	ADV	_	6 waited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lower	past	He	his head					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	wait	past	He not said here					nervously property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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