Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5…

What does the inscription on the gravestone signify with respect to the parents of Uraschimataro?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: inscription · What happens: signify

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 signify	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 signify	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 inscription	det
4	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signify	nsubj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 gravestone	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gravestone	det
7	gravestone	gravestone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 inscription	nmod
8	signify	signify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signify	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 parents	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 parents	det
13	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 signify	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Uraschimataro	case
15	Uraschimataro	Uraschimataro	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 parents	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 signify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	signify	present · do-support	the inscription on the gravestone					with respect; to the parents of Uraschimataro	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme to parent=Attribute

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

That they had died long after he had left home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 died	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 died	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 died	advmod
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 left	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 left	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 died	advcl
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · perfect	That					long property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	leave	past · perfect	he					home property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That they died near the date of his departure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 died	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	6 date	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 date	det
6	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 died	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 departure	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 departure	nmod:poss
9	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 date	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	That			the date of his departure			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	depart		his = he						nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

That they had been carried off by bandits on the road and their bodies were never returned to the family

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 carried	nsubj:pass
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carried	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 carried	aux:pass
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 returned	advcl
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 carried	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 bandits	case
8	bandits	bandit	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carried	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bandits	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bodies	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 bodies	nmod:poss
14	bodies	body	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 road	conj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 returned	aux:pass
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 returned	advmod
17	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 family	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 family	det
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry off	past · perfect · passive	bandits on the road and road's bodies	That					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	not return	past · passive						to the family result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: to family=Result

Option 4

That they had passed away around the time he sailed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 passed	nsubj:pass
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 passed	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 passed	aux
4	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 passed	advmod
6	around	around	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passed	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sailed	nsubj
10	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass away	past · perfect · passive		That			time	away property	tree rules
2	sail	past	he	the time not said here					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Theme

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