Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro st…
What was the fate of the chief of the devils at the conclusion of his resistance?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fate, his · What happens: be, fate, conclude, resist · To what, where: chief, resistance
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1382 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, the last part: Momotaro storms the Demon King's castle, frees the captives and takes the devil chief home» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fate | det |
| 4 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 chief | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 chief | det |
| 7 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fate | nmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 devils | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 devils | det |
| 10 | devils | devil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chief | nmod |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 conclusion | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 conclusion | det |
| 13 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 devils | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 resistance | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 resistance | nmod:poss |
| 16 | resistance | resistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 conclusion | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the fate of the chief of the devils at the conclusion of his resistance | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fate | the chief of the devils at the conclusion of his resistance | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | conclude | his resistance | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | resist | his = he | nom resistance «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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 fled, lost his horns and hid
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 fled | nsubj |
| 2 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fled | conj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 horns | nmod:poss |
| 6 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hid | cc |
| 8 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | he | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lose | past | he not said here | his horns | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | hide | past | he not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
he surrendered and was freed
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 surrendered | nsubj |
| 2 | surrendered | surrender | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 freed | cc |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 freed | aux:pass |
| 5 | freed | free | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 surrendered | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surrender | past | he | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | free | past · passive | he not said here | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING» |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
he surrendered, broke his horns and was bound
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 surrendered | nsubj |
| 2 | surrendered | surrender | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 broke | punct |
| 4 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 surrendered | conj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 horns | nmod:poss |
| 6 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 broke | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bound | cc |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 bound | aux:pass |
| 9 | bound | bind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 surrendered | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surrender | past | he | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | break | past | he not said here | his horns | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horn=Patient | ||||
| 3 | bind | past · passive | he not said here | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
Option 4
he fought on, lost his club and died
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 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADV | _ | 2 fought | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lost | punct |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fought | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 club | nmod:poss |
| 7 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 died | cc |
| 9 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 fought | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | he | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lose | past | he not said here | his club | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent club=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | die | past | he not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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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