Test 6 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Old Man with the Wen, part 44: t…

why was the wife so happy

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wife	det
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 why	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 happy	advmod
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 why	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wife					why property	tree rules

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

cuz he got a new house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
3	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 house	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 house	amod
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	cuz	a new house					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer house=Stimulus

Option 2

cuz her husband was home safe and the lump was gone from his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 safe	nsubj
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 husband	nmod:poss
3	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 safe	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	home	home	ADV	_	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gone	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lump	det
9	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gone	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 gone	aux:pass
11	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 safe	conj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 face	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 face	nmod:poss
14	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	cuz					home, safe property	tree rules
2	go	past · passive		the lump		lump's face			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cuz the lump was gone from his face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lump	det
3	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	aux:pass
5	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cuz	ccomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 face	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	go	past · passive		the lump		lump's face			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

cuz the lump was gone and he came home dancing like a boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 gone	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lump	det
3	lump	lump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gone	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	cop
5	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 came	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 came	nsubj
8	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 gone	conj
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 came	advmod
10	dancing	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 came	xcomp
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 boy	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive	the lump	gone property	tree rules
2	come	past	he	home property	tree rules
3	dance	gerund	he not said here	like a boy	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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