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title: Which feature of the fairy house is identified in the text as a deco… — Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut S… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which feature of the fairy house is identified in the text as a decorative alcove? Exam question 3 of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…

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Which feature of the fairy house is identified in the text as a decorative alcove?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** identify, feature · **To what, where:** feature, text, fairy house

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» 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/1343-pg4018-part3/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e3:1
# text = Which feature of the fairy house is identified in the text as a decorative alcove?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	feature	feature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	identified	identify	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	decorative	decorative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	alcove	alcove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | present · passive |  | which feature of the fairy house |  | the text |  | as a decorative alcove | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as alcove=Attribute |
| 2 | **feature** |  |  | the fairy house |  |  |  |  | nom feature «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The raised wooden platform displaying rare objects in the main hall room

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e3:o1:1
# text = The raised wooden platform displaying rare objects in the main hall room
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	displaying	display	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **display** | gerund | the raised wooden platform *not said here* | rare objects |  | the main hall room |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The hearth with a brass kettle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e3:o2:1
# text = The hearth with a brass kettle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	kettle	kettle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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The tokonoma displaying precious objects

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e3:o3:1
# text = The tokonoma displaying precious objects
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tokonoma	tokonoma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	displaying	display	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | gerund | the tokonoma *not said here* | precious objects |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent object=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The tokonoma alcove displaying precious scrolls and a golden vase on the wall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1343-pg4018-part3:e3:o4:1
# text = The tokonoma alcove displaying precious scrolls and a golden vase on the wall
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	tokonoma	tokonoma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	alcove	alcove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	displaying	display	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	scrolls	scroll	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	vase	vase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | gerund | the tokonoma alcove *not said here* | precious scrolls and a golden vase |  | the wall |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scroll=Theme |

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**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.

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