Exam question 1 · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…

In what manner does the old wife, having obtained the greater chest, proceed upon her homeward journey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: do, obtain, proceed, journey · To what, where: old wife, manner, greater chest

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1671 «Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60: the old man's gift and the greedy wife's trip» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wife	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wife	amod
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 obtained	punct
9	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 obtained	aux
10	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 does	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chest	det
12	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 chest	amod
13	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obtained	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 proceed	punct
15	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 obtained	conj
16	upon	upon	ADP	_	19 journey	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 journey	nmod:poss
18	homeward	homeward	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 journey	compound
19	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 proceed	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present		the old wife	what manner		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Eventuality
2	obtain	gerund · perfect		the greater chest			vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chest=Theme
3	proceed	infinitive				upon wife's homeward journey	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	journey		wife				nom journey «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 · ← Mova's choice

She walks steadily along the road, carrying her chest with a calm and patient heart by the river.

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	steadily	steadily	ADV	_	2 walks	advmod
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walks	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 carrying	punct
8	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 walks	advcl
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 chest	nmod:poss
10	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	16 heart	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 heart	det
13	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 heart	amod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 patient	cc
15	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 calm	conj
16	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	obl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 river	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 river	det
19	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 carrying	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	She			the road		steadily property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory
2	carry	gerund	She not said here	her chest				with a calm heart; by the river	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Theme

Option 2

She walks home quickly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 walks	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 walks	advmod
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	She					home, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She runs with ease.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 ease	case
4	ease	ease	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 runs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	She					with ease	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with ease=Material

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She proceeds laboriously, bearing the chest with great difficulty, impelled by her avarice

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proceeds	nsubj
2	proceeds	proceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	laboriously	laboriously	ADV	_	2 proceeds	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bearing	punct
5	bearing	bear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 proceeds	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chest	det
7	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bearing	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 difficulty	case
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 difficulty	amod
10	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bearing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 impelled	punct
12	impelled	impel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 difficulty	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 avarice	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 avarice	nmod:poss
15	avarice	avarice	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 impelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	proceed	present	She		laboriously property	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	bear	gerund	She not said here	the chest	with great difficulty	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chest=Patient
3	impel	participle		great difficulty not said here	by her avarice	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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