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description: With reference to the text, what was the immediate consequence of the opening of the box? Exam question 3 of lesson 1347 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the box and grows old» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the bo…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
With reference to the text, what was the immediate consequence of the opening of the box?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** text · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** immediate consequence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1347 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Urashima Taro: Urashima opens the box and grows old» 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/1347-pg4018-part7/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e3:1
# text = With reference to the text, what was the immediate consequence of the opening of the box?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the text | the immediate consequence |  |  |  | of the opening of the box | tree rules |

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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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Nothing visible happened at all.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e3:o1:1
# text = Nothing visible happened at all.
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | participle |  |  |  | all |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The cloud drifted away and he slowly grew young again.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e3:o2:1
# text = The cloud drifted away and he slowly grew young again.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drift away** | past | the cloud |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **grow** | past | cloud |  |  |  | again | slowly, young *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He sank into the sea and was never seen again by anyone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e3:o3:1
# text = He sank into the sea and was never seen again by anyone.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sink** | past | He |  |  | the sea |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **see** | past · passive | anyone |  |  |  | again |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Urashima suddenly aged and fell dead upon the beach.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1347-pg4018-part7:e3:o4:1
# text = Urashima suddenly aged and fell dead upon the beach.
1	Urashima	Urashima	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	aged	aged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
6	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past |  |  |  | the beach |  | dead *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon beach=Location |

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