Test 13 · ★ · Japanese Tales, The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue, part 60:…
Did the old man get a happy ending or what?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old man · What happens: get · To what, where: happy ending
This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 ending | det |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ending | amod |
| 8 | ending | ending | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 10 what | cc |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 ending | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | the old man | a happy ending | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ending=Stimulus |
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
yeah, he was wealthy and enjoyed the feasts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 wealthy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wealthy | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wealthy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wealthy | cop |
| 5 | wealthy | wealthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 enjoyed | cc |
| 7 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wealthy | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 feasts | det |
| 9 | feasts | feast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 enjoyed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | wealthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | enjoy | past | he not said here | the feasts | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer feast=Stimulus |
Option 2
nah, he lost the gold and went back to the mountain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gold | det |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | conj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 went | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 mountain | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mountain | det |
| 12 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | the gold | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | go back | past | he not said here | to the mountain result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to mountain=Result |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, his gold made him well off and he had a good time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 made | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 gold | nmod:poss |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | obj |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 off | advmod |
| 8 | off | off | ADV | _ | 5 made | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 had | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 had | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 made | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 time | det |
| 13 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 time | amod |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | his gold | him = he | off property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product | |||
| 2 | have | past | he | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
nah, his greedy wife took all the gold and he was left alone with his bird song memories
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wife | nmod:poss |
| 4 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wife | amod |
| 5 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | nsubj |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 gold | det:predet |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gold | det |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 left | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 left | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 left | aux:pass |
| 13 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 took | conj |
| 14 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 left | xcomp |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 memories | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 memories | nmod:poss |
| 17 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 song | compound |
| 18 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 memories | compound |
| 19 | memories | memory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | his greedy wife | all gold | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | past · passive | he | with his song memories; alone property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: subject=Recipient with memory=Theme |
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