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title: To what rank was Kintaro promoted after he had grown up to be a man… — The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and P… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what rank was Kintaro promoted after he had grown up to be a man in the service of his master? Exam question 2 of lesson 1352 «The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 2 · The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 1…

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To what rank was Kintaro promoted after he had grown up to be a man in the service of his master?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Kintaro · **What happens:** be, grow up, service · **To what, where:** man, service, master

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1352 «The Japanese Fairy Book, Kintaro and Princess Hase, part 12: Kintaro becomes a hero, and a stepmother plots poison» 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/1352-pg4018-part12/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e2:1
# text = To what rank was Kintaro promoted after he had grown up to be a man in the service of his master?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
3	rank	rank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	Kintaro	Kintaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	promoted	promote	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	ccomp	_	_
11	up	up	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	advcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	_	_
21	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Kintaro |  |  |  |  | promote *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow up** | past · perfect | Kintaro |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Kintaro *not said here* | a man |  | the service of Kintaro's master |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **service** |  |  | Kintaro's master |  |  |  |  | nom service «act 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 {#o1}

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Head of the Five Braves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e2:o1:1
# text = Head of the Five Braves
1	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Braves	brave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Captain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e2:o2:1
# text = Captain
1	Captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Chief of the Four Braves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e2:o3:1
# text = Chief of the Four Braves
1	Chief	Chief	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	Braves	brave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Leader

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1352-pg4018-part12:e2:o4:1
# text = Leader
1	Leader	leader	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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