Test 13 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Slaying of the Tanuki, part 6: t…

wait, how did the hare set the Tanuki's back on fire?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, hare · What happens: wait, be, set · To what, where: back, fire

This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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 set	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 set	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 how	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hare	det
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	nsubj
7	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Tanuki	det
9	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 back	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Tanuki	case
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	obj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 fire	case
13	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 set	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past				how property	tree rules
3	set	past	the hare	the Tanuki's back	fire		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme on fire=Destination

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

he rubbed two sticks, sneaky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rubbed	nsubj
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sticks	nummod
4	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rubbed	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sneaky	punct
6	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rubbed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	he	two sticks					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent stick=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he set fire to the pile of straw on the Tanuki's back, bro

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 pile	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pile	det
6	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 straw	case
8	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pile	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	13 back	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Tanuki	det
11	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 back	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Tanuki	case
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bro	punct
15	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 back	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	he	fire		the Tanuki's back and bro		to the pile of straw	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme on back=Destination

Option 3

he used a flint, lol, sneaky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 flint	det
4	flint	flint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 used	punct
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 used	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sneaky	punct
8	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 used	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	he	a flint					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flint=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he set the wood alight, sneaky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 set	nsubj
2	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wood	det
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 set	obj
5	alight	alight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 set	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sneaky	punct
7	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 alight	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	he	the wood				alight property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient wood=Result

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