Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Uraschimataro and the Turtle, part 5…

what did he think was going on, tbh?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: think, go on · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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	4 think	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 going	aux
6	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 think	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 going	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct
9	tbh	tbh	INTJ	_	4 think	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support	he						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Attribute clause=Theme
2	go on	past · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Maybe the princess had sent a messenger to test whether he would break her rule

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	aux
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 messenger	det
7	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 test	mark
9	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sent	advcl
10	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	13 break	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 break	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 break	aux
13	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 test	advcl
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 rule	nmod:poss
15	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect · passive		the princess	maybe property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination messenger=Theme
2	test	to-infinitive				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	break	would	he	princess's rule		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rule=Patient
4	rule		princess			nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Maybe the old fox spirits of the mountain were playing tricks on him in the village

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	10 playing	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 spirits	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 spirits	amod
4	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spirits	compound
5	spirits	spirit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 playing	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 mountain	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mountain	det
8	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spirits	nmod
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 playing	aux
10	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 playing	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 him	case
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 playing	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 village	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 village	det
16	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past · progressive	the old fox spirits of the mountain	tricks		the village		on him = he; maybe property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Theme

Option 3

Maybe a ghost in the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	3 ghost	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 ghost	det
3	ghost	ghost	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ghost	nmod

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

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Maybe an enchanter's spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	_	5 spell	advmod
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 enchanter	det
3	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spell	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 enchanter	case
5	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spell		a enchanter						nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

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