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description: According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the mother of Kintaro retreated to the mountains? Exam question 2 of lesson 1350 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden Boy, part 1: a widow hides her baby in the mountains, and the animals hold a wrestling match» of the 
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# Exam question 2 · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden…

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According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the mother of Kintaro retreated to the mountains?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mother · **What happens:** accord, be, retreat · **To what, where:** principal reason, mountains

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1350 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Adventures of Kintaro the Golden Boy, part 1: a widow hides her baby in the mountains, and the animals hold a wrestling match» 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/1350-pg4018-part10/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:e2:1
# text = According to the narrative, what was the principal reason the mother of Kintaro retreated to the mountains?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Kintaro	Kintaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	retreated	retreat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | the principal reason |  |  |  | accord the narrative | tree rules |
| 3 | **retreat** | past | the mother of Kintaro |  |  | the mountains |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location |

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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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She had been ordered by the court to leave the city and settle in the mountains to serve the old woodcutter families

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:e2:o1:1
# text = She had been ordered by the court to leave the city and settle in the mountains to serve the old woodcutter families
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	settle	settle	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	serve	serve	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	woodcutter	woodcutter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past · perfect · passive | the court | She |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **leave** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the city |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme |
| 3 | **settle** | present | She *not said here* |  |  | the mountains |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location |
| 4 | **serve** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the old woodcutter families |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She hoped to hide from the emperor's men who had searched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:e2:o2:1
# text = She hoped to hide from the emperor's men who had searched
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hoped	hope	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	emperor	emperor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	searched	search	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hope** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  | from the emperor's men | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from man=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **search** | past · perfect | the emperor's men |  |  |  |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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She feared the enmity of her late husband's adversaries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:e2:o3:1
# text = She feared the enmity of her late husband's adversaries
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	enmity	enmity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	adversaries	adversary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She | the enmity of her late husband's adversaries |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer enmity=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She wanted to start a quiet new life among the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1350-pg4018-part10:e2:o4:1
# text = She wanted to start a quiet new life among the trees
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	start	start	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **start** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a quiet new life |  |  |  | among the trees | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality |

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