Exam question 2 · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…

What was the principal motive which induced the Tanuki to embark upon the excursion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: principal motive · What happens: be, induce, embark · To what, where: Tanuki

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 motive	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 motive	amod
5	motive	motive	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 induced	nsubj
7	induced	induce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 motive	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Tanuki	det
9	Tanuki	Tanuki	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 induced	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 embark	mark
11	embark	embark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 induced	advcl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 excursion	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 excursion	det
14	excursion	excursion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 embark	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the principal motive			tree rules
2	induce	past	the principal motive	the Tanuki		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tanuki=Patient
3	embark	to-infinitive	the principal motive not said here		upon the excursion	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

He was lonely and wished for company on the water

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	3 lonely	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	cop
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wished	cc
5	wished	wish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lonely	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 company	case
7	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wished	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 water	det
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 company	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					lonely property	tree rules
2	wish	participle	He not said here					for company on the water	vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for company=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was enfeebled and famished, and therefore accepted

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	3 enfeebled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 enfeebled	aux:pass
3	enfeebled	enfeeble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 famished	cc
5	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 enfeebled	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 accepted	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 accepted	cc
8	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	9 accepted	advmod
9	accepted	accept	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 enfeebled	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enfeeble	past · passive	He		tree rules
2	famish	participle			tree rules
3	accept	participle		therefore property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He wished to visit the hare's home

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 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 visit	mark
4	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hare	det
6	hare	hare	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 home	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 hare	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 visit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	He						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	visit not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the hare's home					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Co-Agent

Option 4

He was enfeebled and famished by long fasting, and therefore gladly accepted the invitation

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	3 enfeebled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 enfeebled	aux:pass
3	enfeebled	enfeeble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 famished	cc
5	famished	famish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 enfeebled	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 fasting	case
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fasting	amod
8	fasting	fasting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 famished	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 accepted	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 accepted	cc
11	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	13 accepted	advmod
12	gladly	gladly	ADV	_	13 accepted	advmod
13	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 enfeebled	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 invitation	det
15	invitation	invitation	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 accepted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enfeeble	past · passive	He		tree rules
2	famish	participle		by long fasting	tree rules
3	accept	past	the invitation	gladly, therefore property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme

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