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

wait, what was that koto sound?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: koto sound

This is test 5 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sound	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 sound	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sound	cop
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 sound	mark
6	koto	koto	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sound	compound
7	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		koto sound					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

A long wooden instrument with thirteen strings that you pluck with ivory picks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 instrument	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instrument	amod
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 instrument	amod
4	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 strings	case
6	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 strings	nummod
7	strings	string	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 instrument	nmod
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 pluck	obj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 pluck	nsubj
10	pluck	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 strings	acl:relcl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 picks	case
12	ivory	ivory	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 picks	compound
13	picks	pick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pluck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pluck	present	you	thirteen strings				with ivory picks	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient

Option 2

Some kind of big bronze gong being struck by a crowd of kids in the square

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 gong	case
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gong	amod
5	bronze	bronze	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gong	compound
6	gong	gong	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 struck	aux:pass
8	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 crowd	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crowd	det
11	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 kids	case
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 crowd	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 square	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 square	det
16	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	gerund · passive	a crowd of kids	some kind of big bronze gong		the square			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A string thing, like a harp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 thing	det
2	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thing	compound
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 harp	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 harp	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 harp	det
7	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thing	appos

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

Option 4

A flute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flute	det
2	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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