Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5…

Which object does Uraschimataro consider as a possible means of reversing the enchantment that afflicts him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, possible, enchantment · What happens: consider, mean, reverse, afflict · To what, where: enchantment, Uraschimataro · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consider	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consider	aux
4	Uraschimataro	Uraschimataro	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 consider	nsubj
5	consider	consider	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 means	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 possible	det
8	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 means	nsubj
9	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consider	ccomp
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	11 reversing	mark
11	reversing	reverse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 means	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 enchantment	det
13	enchantment	enchantment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 reversing	obj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 afflicts	nsubj
15	afflicts	afflict	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 enchantment	acl:relcl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 afflicts	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consider	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	consider	present · do-support	which object		vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	mean	present	a possible		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	reverse	gerund		the enchantment	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent enchantment=Patient
4	afflict	present	the enchantment	Uraschimataro	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

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 box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The tiny golden box bestowed upon him by the princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 box	det
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 box	amod
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 box	amod
4	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	bestowed	bestow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 box	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bestowed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 princess	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bestowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bestow	participle		the tiny golden box not said here				upon him = he; by the princess	tree rules

Option 3

The jeweled pipe offered to him by the fisherman's wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pipe	det
2	jeweled	jewel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pipe	amod
3	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pipe	acl
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 offered	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 wife	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fisherman	det
9	fisherman	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wife	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 fisherman	case
11	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jewel	participle							tree rules
2	offer	participle		the jeweled pipe not said here	him = he			by the fisherman's wife	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to he=Goal

Option 4

The silver bell kept in the temple by the old priest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bell	det
2	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bell	compound
3	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bell	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 temple	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 temple	det
7	temple	temple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 priest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 priest	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 priest	amod
11	priest	priest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	participle		the silver bell not said here		the temple		by the old priest	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in temple=Location

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