Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet…

Which account correctly describes the later life of the married couple?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: account · What happens: describe · To what, where: later life

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1798 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Bride and the Helmet: the helmet bursts open and the wedding ends happily» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 account	det
2	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 life	det
6	later	late	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 life	amod
7	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 couple	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 couple	det
10	married	married	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 couple	amod
11	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 life	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which account	the later life of the married couple				correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent life=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

They lived together until death and had famous children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 lived	advmod
4	until	until	ADP	_	5 death	case
5	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lived	conj
8	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live together	past	They				until death	together property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	They not said here	famous children					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 2

They lived in great wealth and had many children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 wealth	case
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wealth	amod
5	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lived	conj
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 children	amod
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They			great wealth			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wealth=Location
2	have	past	They not said here	many children					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

Option 3

They lived together in a small house until death and had children who were famous across the land

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	together	together	ADV	_	2 lived	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
8	until	until	ADP	_	9 death	case
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lived	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lived	conj
12	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 had	obj
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 famous	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 famous	cop
15	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 children	acl:relcl
16	across	across	ADP	_	18 land	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 land	det
18	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 famous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live together	past	They		a small house	until death	together property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location
2	have	past	They not said here	children				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient
3	is	past	children		the land		famous property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

They lived long and had children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lived	nsubj
2	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 lived	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 had	cc
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lived	conj
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	They					long property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past	They not said here	children					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient

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