Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…

By what means did the peasant immobilise the Tanuki prior to its punishment?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peasant · What happens: mean, immobilise, punish · To what, where: Tanuki

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1617 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: the hare burns the Tanuki's back» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 immobilise	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 immobilise	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peasant	det
6	peasant	peasant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 immobilise	nsubj
7	immobilise	immobilise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Tanuki	det
9	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 immobilise	obj
10	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	13 punishment	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 prior	fixed
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 punishment	nmod:poss
13	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Tanuki	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 immobilise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	immobilise	past · do-support	the peasant	the Tanuki	prior peasant's punishment	tree rules
3	punish		peasant			nom punishment «act transitive»: 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

by pinning its head down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 pinning	mark
2	pinning	pin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 head	nmod:poss
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pinning	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 pinning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pin down	gerund		its head				down property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

by binding its four legs tightly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 binding	mark
2	binding	bind	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 legs	nmod:poss
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 legs	nummod
5	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 binding	obj
6	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	2 binding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	gerund		its four legs				tightly property	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

by hitting it with a stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 hitting	mark
2	hitting	hit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hitting	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 stick	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stick	det
6	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	gerund		it				with a stick	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with stick=Instrument

Option 4

by chasing it into a pit and tying its legs with rope and straw

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 chasing	mark
2	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chasing	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 pit	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pit	det
6	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chasing	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tying	cc
8	tying	tie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 chasing	conj
9	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 legs	nmod:poss
10	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 tying	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 rope	case
12	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tying	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 straw	cc
14	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 rope	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	gerund		it		a pit			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into pit=Trajectory
2	tie	gerund		pit's legs				with rope and straw	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent leg=Patient with rope=Co-Patient

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