Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: t…

Explain the outcome of the wicked neighbour's visit to the hollow tree as far as the text reveals.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, text, wicked neighbour · What happens: explain, reveal, visit · To what, where: outcome, hollow tree

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	9 visit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 neighbour	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 neighbour	amod
7	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 visit	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 neighbour	case
9	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
12	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 tree	amod
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obl
14	as	as	ADV	_	15 far	advmod
15	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Explain	advmod
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 reveals	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 text	det
18	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 reveals	nsubj
19	reveals	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 far	advcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the wicked neighbour's visit	the hollow tree	far property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic to tree=Recipient
2	reveal	present	the text				vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	visit		the wicked neighbour				nom visit «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 · ✓ the right answer

He waited at the tree for the demons, who called for the old man.

The tree, 14 words

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 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 demons	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 demons	det
8	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waited	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 called	nsubj
11	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 demons	acl:relcl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 man	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 man	det
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 man	amod
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 called	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He			the tree		for the demons	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tree=Location
2	call	past	the demons					for the old man	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for man=Recipient

Option 2

He hid in the tree and watched the demons leave quietly.

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	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 hid	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 watched	cc
7	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 demons	det
9	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 leave	nsubj
10	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 watched	ccomp
11	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	10 leave	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He	the tree		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location
2	watch	past	He not said here			tree rules
3	leave	present	the demons		quietly property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He was chased away by the demons at 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	3 chased	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chased	aux:pass
3	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 chased	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 demons	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 demons	det
7	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chased	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 chased	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase away	past · passive	the demons	He		the tree		away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme at tree=Trajectory

Option 4

He waited at the tree for the demons, but they never came back to dance for the old man again.

The tree, 20 words

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 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 tree	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 demons	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 demons	det
8	demons	demon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 waited	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 came	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 came	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 came	nsubj
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 came	advmod
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 waited	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 came	advmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 dance	mark
16	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 came	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	20 man	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 man	det
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 man	amod
20	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dance	obl
21	again	again	ADV	_	16 dance	advmod
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 waited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	He	the tree		for the demons	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at tree=Location
2	not come back	past	demons = demon				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dance	to-infinitive	demons = demon not said here		again	for the old man	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «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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