Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Fox and the Tanuki: the tanuki s…

Of what does the king's arrival constitute the decisive occasion in the closing episode?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, king · What happens: do, constitute, close, arrive · To what, where: arrival, decisive occasion, closing episode

This is exam question 4 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	Of	of	SCONJ	_	3 does	mark
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 does	nsubj
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 constitute	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrival	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
8	constitute	constitute	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 occasion	det
10	decisive	decisive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 occasion	amod
11	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 constitute	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 episode	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 episode	det
14	closing	close	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 episode	amod
15	episode	episode	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 occasion	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 constitute	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	present		the king's arrival		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arrival=Eventuality
2	constitute	imperative	you not said here	the decisive occasion	the closing episode	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme occasion=Pivot
3	close	gerund				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	arrive		the king			nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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

The son's hiding place on the bridge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 son	det
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 son	case
4	hiding	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 bridge	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bridge	det
8	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund							vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The tanuki's fatal leap onto the king's carriage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tanuki	det
2	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leap	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 tanuki	case
4	fatal	fatal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 leap	amod
5	leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 carriage	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carriage	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leap	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leap		the tanuki			the king's carriage			nom leap «act transitive»: poss=agent onto=place

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The soldiers' attack on the old fox

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attack	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 soldiers	case
4	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 fox	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fox	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fox	amod
8	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attack	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack		the soldiers					on the old fox	nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent on=obl

Option 4

The soldiers' sudden charge at the old tanuki

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 soldiers	det
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 charge	nmod:poss
3	'	's	PART	_	2 soldiers	case
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 charge	amod
5	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 tanuki	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tanuki	det
8	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tanuki	amod
9	tanuki	tanuki	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 charge	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge		the soldiers			the old tanuki			nom charge «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place

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