Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake…

What was the ultimate outcome of the old woman's conduct once the arm was revealed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old woman · What happens: be, reveal, conduct · To what, where: ultimate outcome, arm

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1383 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Watanabe and the Ogre's Arm: a fake old nurse steals the arm back from its box» 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	5 outcome	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 outcome	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 outcome	det
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 outcome	amod
5	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 conduct	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woman	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 woman	amod
9	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 conduct	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 woman	case
11	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 outcome	nmod
12	once	once	SCONJ	_	16 revealed	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 arm	det
14	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 revealed	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 revealed	aux:pass
16	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 conduct	acl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 outcome	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the ultimate outcome	of the old woman's conduct	tree rules
2	reveal	past · passive		the arm		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	conduct		the old woman			nom conduct «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

She revealed her true demon face and vanished into the mountains at night

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 revealed	nsubj
2	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 face	nmod:poss
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 face	amod
5	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 face	compound
6	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 revealed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 vanished	cc
8	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 revealed	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 mountains	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mountains	det
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 vanished	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reveal	past	She	her true demon face					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Topic
2	vanish	past	She not said here			the mountains	night		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She assumed the form of an ogre and fled

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 assumed	nsubj
2	assumed	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 form	det
4	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 assumed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 ogre	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ogre	det
7	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 form	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 fled	cc
9	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 assumed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	assume	past	She	the form of a ogre	vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
2	flee	past	She not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	form			a ogre	nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

She transformed into a huge ogre with horns and flew through the roof

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 transformed	nsubj
2	transformed	transform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	6 ogre	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ogre	det
5	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ogre	amod
6	ogre	ogre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 transformed	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 horns	case
8	horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ogre	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 flew	cc
10	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 transformed	conj
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 roof	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roof	det
13	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past	She					into a huge ogre with horns result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into ogre=Result
2	fly	past	She not said here			the roof			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through roof=Location

Option 4

She tore off her mask and ran outside

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 tore	nsubj
2	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	5 mask	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mask	nmod:poss
5	mask	mask	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tore	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ran	cc
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tore	conj
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	7 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tore off	past	She	her mask					tree rules
2	run	past	She not said here					outside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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