---
title: What was the precise nature of the gifts bestowed upon Hidesato at h… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the precise nature of the gifts bestowed upon Hidesato at his departure? Exam question 3 of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1342-pg4018-part2/e3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1342-pg4018-part2/) / e3

# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the precise nature of the gifts bestowed upon Hidesato at his departure?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** precise nature, Hidesato · **What happens:** be, bestow, depart · **To what, where:** gifts, departure

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 3 of lesson 1342 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1342-pg4018-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e3:1
# text = What was the precise nature of the gifts bestowed upon Hidesato at his departure?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	bestowed	bestow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Hidesato	Hidesato	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the precise nature of the gifts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **bestow** | participle |  | the gifts *not said here* |  | Hidesato's departure |  | upon Hidesato | tree rules |
| 3 | **depart** |  | Hidesato |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Three gifts, some of them magical.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = Three gifts, some of them magical.
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .note -->
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five presents, of which several were magical, given at the palace gate before he left.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = Five presents, of which several were magical, given at the palace gate before he left.
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
6	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Five presents |  |  |  |  | magical *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | participle | Five presents *not said here* |  |  | the palace gate |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at gate=Asset |
| 3 | **leave** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five presents, of which several were magical.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = Five presents, of which several were magical.
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
6	several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	magical	magical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Five presents |  |  |  |  | magical *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Five gifts, many of them made of jade.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1342-pg4018-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = Five gifts, many of them made of jade.
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	gifts	gift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	jade	jade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle · passive | Five gifts *not said here* | many of gifts |  |  |  | of jade | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1342-pg4018-part2/e2/)
- next →: [Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the…, exam 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1342-pg4018-part2/e4/)
- ↑ back to [Japanese Fairy Tales, Hidesato and the Centipede: the last arrow slays the monster](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1342-pg4018-part2/)