Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: t…

Describe the manner in which the wen was separated from the old man's cheek.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: describe, separate · To what, where: manner, wen

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	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 Describe	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 separated	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wen	det
7	wen	wen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 separated	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 separated	aux:pass
9	separated	separate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 manner	acl:relcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	15 cheek	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cheek	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 man	case
15	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 separated	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	separate	past · passive		the wen		the manner		from the old man's cheek	vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from cheek=Co-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 · ← Mova's choice

It came off as easily as a ripe plum when the demon's cold touch brushed against his cheek.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 easily	advmod
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 plum	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 plum	det
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plum	amod
9	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 brushed	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 demon	det
12	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 touch	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 demon	case
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 touch	amod
15	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 brushed	nsubj
16	brushed	brush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 came	advcl
17	against	against	ADP	_	19 cheek	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 cheek	nmod:poss
19	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 brushed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	come off	past	It		as a ripe plum; easily, off property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	brush	past	the demon's cold touch	touch's cheek		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme against cheek=Destination
3	touch		the demon			nom touch «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It was pulled away slowly by a long hook of iron.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pulled	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pulled	aux:pass
3	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 pulled	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 pulled	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 hook	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hook	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hook	amod
9	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pulled	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 iron	case
11	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hook	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull away	past · passive	a long hook of iron	It				away, slowly property	tree rules

Option 3

It came off as easily as a ripe plum at the demon's touch, leaving his cheek smooth and clean.

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 easily	advmod
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 plum	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 plum	det
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plum	amod
9	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	14 touch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 demon	det
12	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 touch	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 demon	case
14	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plum	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 leaving	punct
16	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 came	advcl
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 cheek	nmod:poss
18	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 leaving	obj
19	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 leaving	xcomp
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 clean	cc
21	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 smooth	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come off	past	It		as a ripe plum at the demon's touch; easily, off property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	leave	gerund		demon's cheek	smooth property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Theme
3	touch		the demon			nom touch «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It came off as easily as a ripe plum at the demon's touch.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 easily	advmod
5	easily	easily	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 plum	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 plum	det
8	ripe	ripe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 plum	amod
9	plum	plum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	14 touch	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 demon	det
12	demon	demon	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 touch	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 demon	case
14	touch	touch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plum	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 came	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come off	past	It					as a ripe plum at the demon's touch; easily, off property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	touch		the demon						nom touch «event transitive»: poss=agent

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