--- title: Specify the destination to which the tortoise proposes to convey Ura… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Specify the destination to which the tortoise proposes to convey Urashima. Exam question 4 of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» of the books course of Mova's primary school, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1345-pg4018-part5/e4/) [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, Urashima Taro, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1345-pg4018-part5/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman… Specify the destination to which the tortoise proposes to convey Urashima. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, tortoise · **What happens:** specify, propose, convey · **To what, where:** destination, Urashima This is exam question 4 of lesson 1345 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 5: the old woman is frightened and punished, and Urashima frees a tortoise and is invited under the sea» 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/1345-pg4018-part5/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:e4:1 # text = Specify the destination to which the tortoise proposes to convey Urashima. 1 Specify specify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 destination destination NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tortoise tortoise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 proposes propose VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 Urashima Urashima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **specify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the destination | | | | | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme | | 2 | **propose** | present | the tortoise | | the destination | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to which=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **convey** | to-infinitive | the tortoise *not said here* | Urashima | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent urashima=Topic | 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} The deep sea ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:e4:o1:1 # text = The deep sea 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The sea bed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:e4:o2:1 # text = The sea bed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} The Palace of the Dragon King ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:e4:o3:1 # text = The Palace of the Dragon King 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The Palace of the Sea God ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1345-pg4018-part5:e4:o4:1 # text = The Palace of the Sea God 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Palace Palace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Sea Sea PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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