Exam question 3 · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…

What circumstance is cited as the cause of the wife's delay in reaching the sparrow-princess's house?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: delay · What happens: cite, reach, cause · To what, where: house, delay

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 cited	nsubj:pass
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cited	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cited	aux:pass
4	cited	cite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 cause	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cause	det
7	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cited	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 delay	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wife	det
10	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 delay	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 wife	case
12	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	nmod
13	in	in	SCONJ	_	14 reaching	mark
14	reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 delay	acl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 princess	det
16	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 princess	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 sparrow	punct
18	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 house	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 princess	case
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reaching	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cited	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cite	present · passive			as the cause of the wife's delay	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as cause=Attribute
2	reach	gerund	the wife's delay not said here	the sparrow princess's house		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent house=Theme
3	cause			the wife's delay		nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient

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 sudden storm that flooded the lowland road, forcing her to wander through a tangled mountain forest for half the night

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 storm	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 storm	amod
3	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flooded	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 flooded	nsubj
5	flooded	flood	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
7	lowland	lowland	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 flooded	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 forcing	punct
10	forcing	force	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 flooded	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 forcing	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 wander	mark
13	wander	wander	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 forcing	xcomp
14	through	through	ADP	_	18 forest	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 forest	det
16	tangled	tangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 forest	amod
17	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 forest	compound
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wander	obl
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 night	case
20	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	22 night	det:predet
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 night	det
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wander	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	flood	past	a sudden storm	the lowland road			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2	force	gerund	a sudden storm not said here	storm			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	wander	to-infinitive	storm not said here		a tangled mountain forest	night	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through forest=Trajectory
4	tangle	participle					tree rules

Option 2

Her precipitate haste, which caused her repeatedly to miss the path that wound through the dark forest toward the sparrow-princess's garden

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 haste	nmod:poss
2	precipitate	precipitate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 haste	compound
3	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 caused	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 caused	nsubj
6	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 haste	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 caused	iobj
8	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	6 caused	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 miss	mark
10	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 caused	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 path	det
12	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 miss	obj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 wound	nsubj
14	wound	wound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 path	acl:relcl
15	through	through	ADP	_	18 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 forest	det
17	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 forest	amod
18	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wound	obl
19	toward	toward	ADP	_	25 garden	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 princess	det
21	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 princess	compound
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	21 sparrow	punct
23	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 garden	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 princess	case
25	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 wound	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Her precipitate haste		her = she		repeatedly property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient
2	miss	to-infinitive	Her precipitate haste not said here	the path				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus
3	wound	present	the path			the dark forest	toward the sparrow princess's garden	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her precipitate haste, which caused her repeatedly to miss the path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 haste	nmod:poss
2	precipitate	precipitate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 haste	compound
3	haste	haste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 caused	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 caused	nsubj
6	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 haste	acl:relcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 caused	iobj
8	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	6 caused	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 miss	mark
10	miss	miss	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 caused	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 path	det
12	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 miss	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Her precipitate haste		her = she			repeatedly property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient
2	miss	to-infinitive	Her precipitate haste not said here	the path					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus

Option 4

The thick fog that rolled over the hills and hid every road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fog	det
2	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fog	amod
3	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hid	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 rolled	nsubj
5	rolled	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fog	acl:relcl
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 hills	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hills	det
8	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rolled	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rolled	cc
10	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll	past	the thick fog			the hills			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory
2	hide	past	the thick fog	every road					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

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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