Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki s…

What is the principal consequence of the tanuki's betrayal for the fox?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tanuki · What happens: be, betray · To what, where: principal consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 713 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki sells his wife, and his son takes revenge» 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	5 consequence	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consequence	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 consequence	amod
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 betrayal	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tanuki	det
8	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 betrayal	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 tanuki	case
10	betrayal	betrayal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consequence	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 fox	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fox	det
13	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 betrayal	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 consequence	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal consequence				of the tanuki's betrayal for the fox	tree rules
2	betray		the tanuki					for the fox	nom betrayal «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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

She is chased off by the buyer

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	3 chased	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chased	aux:pass
3	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 chased	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 buyer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 buyer	det
7	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase off	present · passive	the buyer	She					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She is sold to a travelling merchant who keeps her in a cage

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	3 sold	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 sold	aux:pass
3	sold	sell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 merchant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 merchant	det
6	travelling	travel	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 merchant	amod
7	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sold	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 merchant	acl:relcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 keeps	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cage	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 cage	det
13	cage	cage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	sell	present · passive		She	a travelling merchant		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to merchant=Recipient
2	travel	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	present	a travelling merchant	her = she		a cage	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in cage=Location

Option 3

She is caught by the village dogs

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	3 caught	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 dogs	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dogs	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dogs	compound
7	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 caught	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present · passive	the village dogs	She					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She is struck dead by the buyer

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	3 struck	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 struck	xcomp
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 buyer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 buyer	det
7	buyer	buyer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	present · passive	the buyer	She				dead property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Instrument

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