Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5…

Upon his return to the village, what does Uraschimataro discover concerning the lapse of time since his departure?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Uraschimataro, his, time · What happens: discover, concern, return, lapse, depart

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1616 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5: three hundred years have passed» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 return	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 return	nmod:poss
3	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discover	obl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 village	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 return	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 discover	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 discover	obj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 discover	aux
10	Uraschimataro	Uraschimataro	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 discover	nsubj
11	discover	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 lapse	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 lapse	det
14	lapse	lapse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discover	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 time	case
16	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lapse	nmod
17	since	since	ADP	_	19 departure	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 departure	nmod:poss
19	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 discover	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 discover	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	discover	present · do-support	Uraschimataro	since Uraschimataro's departure	upon his return to the village; concern the lapse of time	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	return		his = he		to the village	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl
4	lapse		time			nom lapse «act intransitive»: of=agent
5	depart		Uraschimataro			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

Only a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 week	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 week	det
3	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That merely a few seasons have gone by since he departed his home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 gone	nsubj
2	merely	merely	ADV	_	7 gone	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 seasons	det
4	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 seasons	amod
5	seasons	season	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 gone	nsubj
6	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 gone	aux
7	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	11 departed	mark
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 departed	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 departed	nsubj
11	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 gone	advcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 departed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	That					merely property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	depart	past	he	his home					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That three hundred years have elapsed since he quitted his home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 three	det
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 hundred	compound
3	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 years	nummod
4	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 elapsed	nsubj
5	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 elapsed	aux
6	elapsed	elapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 quitted	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 quitted	nsubj
9	quitted	quitt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 elapsed	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 home	nmod:poss
11	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 quitted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	elapse	present · perfect	hundred years						tree rules
2	quitt	past	he	his home					tree rules

Option 4

Three years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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