Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: t…

Identify the principal action undertaken by the protagonist upon the demons' departure.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, demons · What happens: identify, undertake, depart · To what, where: principal action

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1384 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: the old man dances for the demons and loses his wen, and his wicked neighbour sets out to copy him» 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	4 action	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 action	amod
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	undertaken	undertake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 action	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 protagonist	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 protagonist	det
8	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaken	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 departure	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 demons	det
11	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 departure	nmod:poss
12	'	's	PART	_	11 demons	case
13	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 undertaken	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal action		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent action=Theme
2	undertake	participle		the principal action not said here	by the protagonist; upon the demons's departure	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	depart		the demons			nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 ran home quickly.

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He					home, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He hurried back to his village, smiling and touching his cheek.

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 hurried	nsubj
2	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 hurried	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 village	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 village	nmod:poss
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurried	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 smiling	punct
8	smiling	smile	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 hurried	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 touching	cc
10	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 smiling	conj
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cheek	nmod:poss
12	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 touching	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hurried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hurry back	past	He		his village	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to village=Destination
2	smile	gerund	He not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	touch	gerund	He not said here	his cheek		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cheek=Co-Theme

Option 3

He stayed in the tree.

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stayed	obl
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stayed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He			the tree			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He ran home in joyful haste, touching his smooth right cheek.

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 haste	case
5	joyful	joyful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 haste	amod
6	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 touching	punct
8	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ran	advcl
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cheek	nmod:poss
10	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cheek	amod
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cheek	amod
12	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touching	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	He			joyful haste		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in haste=Trajectory
2	touch	gerund	He not said here	his smooth right cheek					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme cheek=Co-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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