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title: Which term denotes the low bow that Urashima was unable to complete… — Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which term denotes the low bow that Urashima was unable to complete before the Princess? Exam question 1 of lesson 1346 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 6: Urashima rides a tortoise to the Sea King's palace, is welcomed, and is married to the Princess.» of the books course of Mova's primar
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# Exam question 1 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 6: Urashima ride…

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Which term denotes the low bow that Urashima was unable to complete before the Princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** term, low bow · **What happens:** denote, be, complete · **To what, where:** low bow

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1346 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro, part 6: Urashima rides a tortoise to the Sea King's palace, is welcomed, and is married to the Princess.» 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/1346-pg4018-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1346-pg4018-part6:e1:1
# text = Which term denotes the low bow that Urashima was unable to complete before the Princess?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	denotes	denote	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	Urashima	Urashima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	complete	complete	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **denote** | present | which term | the low bow |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bow=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | past | the low bow |  |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **complete** | to-infinitive | the low bow *not said here* |  |  |  | before the Princess |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Prostration before the throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1346-pg4018-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = Prostration before the throne
1	Prostration	prostration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	before	before	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Obeisance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1346-pg4018-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = Obeisance
1	Obeisance	obeisance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Deep courtesy bow of respect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1346-pg4018-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = Deep courtesy bow of respect
1	Deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Salute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1346-pg4018-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = Salute
1	Salute	salute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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